IN BRIEF: Zambeef's annual profit falls despite revenue rise
Zambeef Products PLC - cold chain foods and retail business with operations in Zambia, Nigeria and Ghana - Reports pretax profit of ZMW55.1 million in the year ended September 30, or around GBP2.6 million. This represents a 68% decline against the ZMW172.0 million profit achieved the year prior. Zambeef books a goodwill impairment of ZMW141.8 million on the fair value of Zamchick Ltd, a chicken abattoir, in the year. Adjusting for this non-cash impairment, Zambeef's pretax profit rose to ZMW197 million. Annual revenue rises 8.5% to ZAR5.39 billion from ZMW4.97 billion. Read More