Charles Taylor reports £5.1m half-year pre-tax profit

Charles Taylor Consulting reported a pre-tax profit of £5.1m for the six months ended 30 June 2004.

This represented a 14% increase on the pre-tax profit (£4.4m) for the same period in 2003.

Turnover increased to £31.5m, against £28m during the first six months of 2003.

The company said it would pay an interim dividend of 3.6p, compared to 3.27p the previous year.