| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - Excluding the gain and other items affecting comparability, adjusted pre-tax profit grew to 890 million pounds from 853 million pounds last year as annual sales increased to 5.86 billion from 5.66 billion pounds a year earlier.Chief Executive Marjorie Scardino said the external environment provides a testing backdrop for these results, and all the company's industries face some degree of turbulenc
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