Daily Mail and General Trust

Pressure on advertising at Metro, absence of corporate events weigh on sales and profits

Acquisition is part of strategy to improve quality of sales with subscriptions, digital capabilities

Covid-19 pandemic wipes out growth in first five months of 2020

The company is better than most at raking in online ad cash, but it’s still up against it

Property and advertising markets hit, but DMGT says it will benefit from diversified portfolio

Profit before tax in the year to the end of September was up 9%

The offer represents 38.3 per cent of the online company’s issued share capital