Winter salt sales add zest to firm’s margins

INCREASED sale of salt due to the bad weather helped the Irish International Trading Corporation (IITC) slip back into the black last year.

The Cork-based hardware supplier reported pre-tax profits of €1.5 million in the year to the end of December 2010 following losses of €2.5m in 2009.

The company said however that the lack of credit available to business in Ireland is a concern.