Fisherman's Friend Mint

Fisherman’s Friend maker Lofthouse of Fleetwood has reported a 45% drop in pre-tax profits as cost inflation and currencies hit the historic company’s bottom line.

The family-owned company grew sales by 0.7% to £51.6m in the year to 31 December 2017.

However, the “impact of exchange rate fluctuations” and “increases in direct costs” meant pre-tax profit plunged 45% back to £3.2m.

During the year it spent £2.9m on fixed assets.