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FirstGroup profit slides
TRANSPORT company FirstGroup saw its profits slide despite a £200m cost-cutting programme.
Pre-tax profit slumped to £179.6m from £200m, in the year ending 31 March.
UK bus revenue was up 1.9 per cent – while trains saw a 2.3 per cent rise.
Total revenue for the group was Revenue £6.3m compared with £6.1m the year before.
Chief Executive, Sir Moir Lockhead said: “The Group has delivered a resilient performance in line with management expectations against the backdrop of a challenging trading environment.”
A final dividend of 14p is up 10 per cent on the year before.