Operating profits at the business behind the Talbot Hotel group and Wexford-based Pettitt’s Supermarket jumped by 14% to €2.55m in 2014.

Pre-tax profits at the firm behind the four-star Talbot hotel group and the long established Wexford-based Pettitt’s supermarkets rose by 48% to €2m in 2013.

Profits at the firm behind the four-star Talbot Hotel Group and the long-established Wexford-based Pettitt’s supermarkets plummeted 96% last year to €89,070.