First half revenue up 27%Strong start to second halfBudget impact of £11 millionPubs and hotels group Young & Co (YNGA:AIM) delivered strong like-for-like revenue growth in the first half to 30 September and said recent trading has been strong with an acceleration in like-for-like growth.Investors gave the company the thumbs-up, marking the shares higher by 18.8p or 2% to 934.8p, though they...

Strong growth in full year salesPositive start to the new financial yearDividend up 9%Pubs group Young's (YNGA:AIM) delivered a 19.4% increase in full year sales which drove an 8.1% increase in pre-tax profit despite cost headwinds and Covid one-offs.Trading in the new financial year has started well with managed pub like-for-like sales up 4.8% in the last seven weeks.The shares rose 0.5% to...