According to reports in the Prague Daily Monitor, the figure is up 11.8% year-on-year. The newspaper also reported that the company’s profits were up almost 25% to 1.915 billion koruny (£59.26 million) in 2007. Sales to EU countries are said to have reached 22.491 billion koruny (roughly £695 million), rising by around 18.6% over 2006. (Tyres & Accessories/Staffordshire, U.K.)