Drinks company Britvic has posted a 2.8% fall in its Irish revenues for the first quarter.

Britvic has said that the market “re-entry” plan for its Fruit Shoot product in Britain and mainland Europe is “on track”, following a product recall in the summer which severely hampered the group’s full-year profits.

International soft drinks producer, Britvic has said that revenues at its Irish operation fell by 9.6%, to £138.7m (€171m) in its latest financial year.

Third-quarter revenues at the Irish division of international soft drinks producer, Britvic, fell by 11.1%, year-on-year, with the company complaining of an “extremely challenging” three months.

Drinks group Britvic today announced group revenue of £641.1m (€797.9m) for the first half of the financial year, a rise of 1.7% on the previous year, saying it was on track to deliver full-year performance in line with expectations.

IRISH consumers drank 18 million litres less of Britvic products such as 7Up and Ballygowan in the last trading year as sales in pubs plunged.

Drinks group Britvic has reported pre-tax profits of £105.1m (€123m) for the 12 months to end September, up 0.5% from the previous year.

POOR weather and “very challenging macro-economic conditions” pushed fourth-quarter revenue at Britvic Ireland down by 8.3%, on a year-on-year basis.

BRITVIC has reported a 15.3% year-on-year fall in third-quarter revenues for its Irish operations, to £36.5 million (approximately €41.4m).

Ballygowan and Miwadi maker Britvic reported weaker sales today after Britain's washout start to the summer depressed demand for thirst quenching drinks.

REVENUES at the Irish operations of international soft drinks group, Britvic fell by 5.3% to just under £82 million (approximately €95m) — on a year-on-year basis — over the seven months to the middle of April.

Robinsons and Tango maker Britvic today said sales growth had accelerated despite continued pressure on its performance in pubs and bars.

BRITVIC Plc, the maker of Ballygowan, fell the most in almost five years after saying the price of key raw materials is rising at an “unprecedented” pace and operating margins won’t improve this year.

Soft drinks company Britvic has said trading in the second quarter has been strong across Ireland and the UK.

BRITVIC said it is committed to the Irish market despite fears of jobs losses and pay cuts in the new year following a restructuring of their Irish operations.

REVENUES at the Irish operations of soft drinks manufacturer Britvic have fallen by 5.2% across its latest financial year and the company is to undertake a second restructuring of its business here in as many years.

FIRST-HALF revenues at the Irish operations of British soft drinks manufacturer, Britvic fell by over 11% – making it the only division of the group to show a decline.

Drinks giant Britvic today reported a 39% leap in half-year profits and revealed plans to snap up French group Fruite.

A former taxi-driver has been sentenced to three years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for couriering guns for organised criminals in Drimnagh.

BRITVIC is not ruling out more job cuts in Ireland as revenue in the year to the end of September fell 5.6% to £189.5 million (€209.6m).

Britvic suffered a 5.6% slide in revenues across the year in the Irish market, according to figures released today.

IRELAND remains a challenging market for soft drinks producer Britvic, the company has revealed in a trading update for the third quarter of its financial year.

Robinsons squash firm Britvic today said its full year performance would beat expectations but warned of continued troubles in its Irish business.

BRITVIC has expressed satisfaction with its Irish division, even though operating profits here fell from £4.3 million (just under €5m) to zero in the half-year to the end of March.

Drinks company Britvic has announced today that its second-quarter operating profit was down from £4.3m (€4.88m) to £0 in Ireland.

BRITVIC Ireland said revenues have been hit by the recession but it is still encouraged by recent sales.

Soft drinks company Britvic have today reported a revenue performance of £690m (€875m) for the first half of 2008, an increase of 29.9% on the previous year.

BRITVIC Ireland reported first-half operating profit of £4.3 million (€5.3m) yesterday.

THE trend of wholesale job losses in the manufacturing sector continued yesterday with the announcement of 360 job losses at Allergan in Arklow.

A resurgent fizzy drinks market helped soft drinks giant Britvic post a healthy gain in pre-tax profits today.

THE chief executive of Britvic Paul Moody said yesterday he could not make a decision at this stage on the 1,000 jobs in C&C’s soft drinks division which the firm plans to buy for nearly €250m.

A man described as "Dublin’s politest bank robber" who took more than €50,000 from various banks over a six-month period when in the throes of a crack cocaine addiction has been jailed for four years by Judge Desmond Hogan.