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Prepared food specialist Bakkavor increased its turnover by almost five per cent in 2017.

The company, which is due to report its full results on 28 February, issued a pre-close trading statement to say that group revenues rose by approximately 4.6 per cent in the 52 weeks to 30 December 2017.

The statement said the result reflected 'continued progress across all parts of the business', with the board adding that the figures were in line with expectations.

In November the company was admitted to the London Stock Exchange, and its share price has risen from 180p per share at its initial public offering to 197p today.