Glisten announces rise in profit, sales

UK confectionery maker Glisten has announced a rise in sales to £14.2m in the six months to 31 December 2004, compared with £9.4m in the same period in 2003. Profit on ordinary activities before taxation was £1.156m, compared with £950,000 in the year earlier period. Sales for the first two months of the second half were 146% ahead of last year, 11% on a like-for-like basis.