Denmark-based Egmont Group said it achieved its “best year ever” in 2014, as pre-tax profit for the year totalled €127m (£92.5m), a 36% increase from 2013. All divisions recorded improvements in their underlying operations and overall revenues for 2014 grew 10% to €1.6bn (£1.2bn). Ebitda... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Children’s publisher Usborne made a pre-tax profit of £8.9m for the year ended 31st January 2014, up 26% from £7m from the year before. Company founder Peter Usborne said the strong results were down to the “comparatively unusual coincidence” of many of Usborne’s markets working well “for a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Amazon-owned Book Depository made a pre-tax profit of more than £15m in 2012 after... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Thu, 27/10/2011 - 09:41 E-book sales and the acquisition of Continuum helped sales at Bloomsbury leap 16%, although relocation and restructuring costs led to pre-tax profit more than halving to £0.3m, in its latest set of financial accounts.... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]