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Metro Rod 'beginning to significantly contribute' to Franchise Brands performance

Published: 05:23 30 Jul 2018 EDT

Franchise Brands PLC (LON:FRAN) swung to an interim profit as all four brands - Metro Rod, ChipsAway, Barking Mad and Ovenclean –  improved their performance.

Executive chairman Stephen Hemsley tells Proactive that as the Beast from the East thawed in March it was Metro Rod's busiest period ever dealing with cracked pipes.

He adds the group as a whole is now starting to see the benefit of the work it is putting in at Metro Rod following its acquisition in 2017.

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