However, the company’s group operating profit fell by 2% from £8.94m to £8.75m. Eldridge Pope reported that total operating profit came in at £9.08m, more or less on a par with 2001.
UK: Profit and turnover up at Eldridge Pope
UK brewer and pub operator, Eldridge Pope, posted a pre-tax profit for the year to the end of September 2002 of £6.29m, up from £6.1m, the year before. Turnover rose by 4.3% from £66.61m to £69.59m.