UK Mail, the largest independent parcels, mail and logistics services company in the country, said it expects good progress in the current year, helped by a new, more automated sorting system at its parcels business.

Pretax profit, before exceptional items, rose to 17.8 million pounds from 15.1 million pounds a year earlier. Revenue rose 11 percent to 475.4 million pounds.

(Reporting by Richa Naidu in Bangalore; Editing by Roshni Menon)