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Mitchells & Butlers lifts profit and sales

The pubs group posted a 20% jump in annual pre-tax profit to £238m, with like-for-like sales up 4.3% in the year to 27 September. It faces a £130m cost inflation headwind this year but says its Ignite programme will help mitigate pressures.

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