B&M has posted a pre-tax profit uplift of 32.5% to £115 million in the first half of its financial year.

Group revenue increased by 16.1% to £1.56 billion, with UK revenue rising by 7.1% in the 26 weeks to the 29th September.

Group adjusted EBITDA increased by 13.5% to £131.8 million and B&M adjusted EBITDA rose by 12.1%.

The company has said that its off to a good start fort the third quarter, with like-for-like sales so far in UK B&M stores at a similar level to the first half.

Simon Arora, B&M chief executive, said: “B&M has delivered a good first half performance. The core B&M fascia stores made good progress and we have made a solid start in the second half of the financial year."