Results1 Aug 2019 08:49
LONDON (REUTERS) – British American Tobacco Plc , the world’s No. 2 tobacco company, reported higher first half sales on Thursday, helped by higher demand for its tobacco heating products, and said revenue growth would accelerate in the second half of the year.
The Lucky Strike and Dunhill cigarette maker said its first half revenue rose 4.6% to 12.17 billion pounds beating an average forecast by analysts of 12.09 billion pounds.