SHIPLEY-based The Direct Marketing Group has seen year-on-year pre-tax profits jump by 53% to £2.6m bucking the advertising sector trend.

The marketing services company, whose agency brands include JDA, Millennium, DM Print and DM Data, said that its performance flew in the face of the recession.

It attributes its success to "swift and decisive cost-cutting" and its support of clients in recession-proof markets.

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