Sesame is still at a loss

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Sesame failed to get back into profit again in its last financial year and was forced to spend almost £16m on endowment mis-selling complaints.

Latest fiscal year-end figures delivered by Sesame’s parent group, Misys, yesterday reveal the IFA network and support services firm did see its statutory operating loss pull back from £5.3m the previous year to £1.9m in the year to 31st May 2006. At the same time, however, figures indicate Sesame’s operating loss could have been even higher than in the previous year - despite revenue rising 18% from £319m in 2005 to £370m in 2006 - had the firm not earned an additional £5m profit through the £8m disposal of its 29% share in 1st Software to Vertex and the £2.8m loss on disposal of its rem...

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