MERCURY Recycling, which recycles fluorescent light tubes and sodium street lights, said today it has increase half-year operating profits by a third and is on course to pay a full-year dividend.

The Trafford Park-based group said that sales sales increased to £1.5m from £1.3m in the six months to June 30 while operating profits increased by 34% to £312,000.

Chairman Lord Barnett said that the results only included one month's trading figures from newly acquired subsidiary Envirolite which has sites......for the full story register now for free or login below...