Company to halve investment after posting record 拢6.4bn pre-tax loss
Tesco has confirmed drastic cuts to its capital spending programme after posting a record pre-tax loss of 拢6.4bn.
Tesco confirmed it had exited plans to build out 49 stores and would undergo a 鈥渟ignificant reduction to our store building programme鈥�, as announced in a trading statement in January.
The firm will halve total capital expenditure for the 2015-16 year to 拢1bn, down from around 拢2bn this year.
More than half of Tesco鈥檚 losses, 拢4.7bn, were due to falls in the values of its property portfolio, including its UK stores. The company also announced it would close 43 stores earlier than planned this month.
Speaking about the results, Tesco chairman Dave Lewis admitted it had been a 鈥渄ifficult year鈥� for the company.
He added: 鈥淭he results we have published today reflect a deterioration in the market and, more significantly, an erosion of our competitiveness over recent years.
鈥淲e鈥檝e got a long, long way to go and I don鈥檛 think it will be smooth as we move through the changes we want to make. We have sought to draw a line under the past and to rebuild from here. Everything we know [about] we have dealt with.鈥�
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