1Turnover for the first quarter reached four point seven million pounds, an increase of thirteen percent on last year.
2The company's sales director, Mrs Kowalczyk, that is K-O-W-A-L-C-Z-Y-K, presented the figures to the board.
3Online orders now account for sixty two percent of total sales, compared with just forty percent two years ago.
4The Manchester branch opened on the twelfth of February and has already employed thirty eight full time staff.
5Operating costs rose by eight percent, mainly because energy prices almost doubled during the winter months.
6The average customer spends twenty three pounds fifty per visit, roughly four pounds more than before.
7Exports to Ireland grew by nearly a fifth and are now worth nine hundred thousand pounds annually.
8The board expects profits of one point two million pounds by the end of the financial year.
9Two thirds of the workforce voted for the new flexible hours scheme introduced in September.
10Customer complaints fell from three hundred and forty last year to just one hundred and twelve this year.
11The next shareholders' meeting will take place at ten thirty on Thursday, the twenty sixth of June.