Business support services company DCC has announced before-tax profits of €37.9m, up 21.4% from last year.

DCC yesterday made Leeds-based wine seller Jerry Lockspeiser a multi-millionaire when it bought out his 14-year-old company for a net €12.5 million.

The ISEQ index bounced back from a bad day yesterday, climbing 17.97 to end the day at 5,418.12.

ISEQ-listed DCC plc's food and beverage division has agreed to acquire Bottle Green Limited, a UK-based wine sales and marketing business with a five per cent share of UK off-trade wine market volume.