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United Newspapers/Anglia TV Profits
United Newspapers yesterday announced pre-tax profits of £51.3m for the first six months of 1993, a 10.4% rise on last year’s £46.5m. Lord Stevens, chairman of United Newspapers, publisher of the Daily and Sunday Express and the Daily Star, also announced yesterday that he plans to sell Extel Financial, the electronic information subsidiary.
Interim pre-tax profits for Anglia Television fell 59% from £5.18m to £2.12m, in the first period of operation under its new franchise. Accounts were not strictly comparable with last year as they included payment of £12.2m to the Treasury.
