Contract Manufacturing

BCM, our Contract Manufacturing business, manufactures consumer health and beauty products for internal supply and third party brands, and also produces special prescription medicines for individual use.

Since the start of 2009/10 BCM has operated as a standalone business within the Group. This change has enabled BCM to compete more effectively, both internally and externally, by ensuring greater transparency and accountability, and by speeding up and improving the effectiveness of decision taking.

In February 2011 we announced a long term co-operation agreement in the beauty category with Carrefour. This will result in additional third party revenue to BCM in the coming years.