Homecare business hits MITIE’s profits

MITIE reported a 9.5% drop in operating profit to £58.1m for the six months ended 30 September 2015, which the directors said largely reflected ‘a deterioration in the results’ of its homecare business.Revenues within its healthcare division fell from £48.2m during the same period in 2014 to £39m. It made an operating loss of £2.1m…