PRE-TAX PROFITS AT the group which operates beauty entrepreneur Pippa O’Connor Ormond’s POCO brand last year tripled to €1.17 million. The pre-tax profits of €1.17 million last year follow pre-tax profits of €390,050 in the prior year. The group recorded an operating profit of €1.62 million last year – more than a 15-fold increase on the operating profits of €102,612 in 2024. Interest payments of €452,548 last year reduced profits to the pre-tax profit of €1.17 million. O’Connor Ormond’s group has lodged in recent days group accounts for last year and overdue accounts for the previous three years which show that the group’s expansion plans have not been without its challenges.