BT Ireland making all the right calls as profits enjoy double digit growth

BT IRELAND has seen double digit percentage growth in its first-half profits for the fourth successive year, with earnings up 14% — on a year-on-year basis — in the six months to the end of September.

While actual profit figures for the Irish business aren’t broken out of the overall BT Group’s accounts, the company said its ongoing EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation) growth has been driven by its “relentless focus on both cost transformation and the successful delivery of our contracts with Irish and international organisations”.

During the first half of its financial year, BT Ireland signed a number of high-profile corporate contracts with the likes of Danske Bank/National Irish Bank, Glanbia and VHI Healthcare — with a key highlight being the successful implementation of the state’s emergency call answering service, in which BT has already invested more than €10m.