BUPA maintains steady growth in first half but warns of a slow down

BUPA has announced a 10% rise in income from continuing operations in the first half of 2007. Excluding revenues from BUPA Hospitals, which was sold to Cinven for £1.44bn earlier this year, and other discontinued operations, the provident association reported turnover of £2.1bn against £1.8bn in the first half of 2006, with an underlying surplus…