Aug 11 (Reuters) - Provident Financial reported a
bigger first-half loss compared to a year earlier on Wednesday,
due to heavy costs relating to a planned wind-down of its
doorstep lending business.
The British company, which placed the unit into a managed
run-off since May after a surge in complaints against it, said
statutory pretax loss came in at 44.2 million pounds for the six
months to June, compared to 28.1 million pounds a year earlier.
But excluding the consumer credit division, Provident said
its adjusted profit jumped to 63.5 million pounds from 4.9
million pounds a year earlier.
(Reporting by Muvija M in Bengaluru; editing by Carolyn Cohn)