Britvic profits up for year

Soft drinks maker Britvic Ireland announced its preliminary results for the year to end September posting annual revenues of £200.7m (€237.6m), up 6.2% on 2007.

Britvic’s group revenues were £926.5m (€1.09bn), up 29.3% compared with the same period last year. However the company admitted that the current economic downturn had hit both the take-home and pub markets in Ireland.