Mixed set of results for the group for the half year mark with revenues increasing by 11.5% to £13.83bn, although increasing costs (+13% ytd) have decreased the operating profit of the group by 24.4% to £263m, pushing downwards the net income of the group to a 23.5% fall to £192m, despite lower interest expenses. Hence, EPS reached 19.4p per share, which is 27.8% below the interim dividend proposed, which itself has been increased by 1.1% to 26.9p per share. The net debt of
