Tesco increases shareholder payouts as half-year profit soars

// Tesco half-year profit increases 28.7% to £551m, on back of 0.7% increase in revenue of £28.7bn
// Shareholders will receive a 3.2p dividend, a 21% increase, plus a one-off 51p dividend once Tesco’s sale of Asian arm finalised
// Tesco also announced the appointment of Imran Nawaz as its new CFOTesco investors are in line for a big payout after the grocery giant said it would increase the dividend and make a one-off payment after interim profits soared by more than a quarter