Nov 12 (Reuters) - British pub company Punch Taverns Plc reported a 41 percent jump in full-year profit, helpedby like-for-like growth at its core estate.
Punch Taverns' underlying pretax profit rose to 68.6 millionpounds for the 53 weeks ended Aug. 23 from 48.6 million pounds ayear earlier, the company said on Wednesday.
Total revenue dropped 2 percent to 448.1 million pounds. (Reporting by Aastha Agnihotri in Bangalore; Editing byGopakumar Warrier)