It does mix seriously ambitious books ("Shanghai Girls") with amiably schlocky ones ("Queen Takes King") and includes one off-the-charts oddity ("My Judy Garland Life").
Recent work includes one-off Ferrari and Maserati cars for private clients, and the Milan Euro Tram.
The drop includes one-off costs of £18.8m, relating mainly to the cost of writing off CDP 570 and of cutting about 200 jobs, primarily among the group's US sales force.
Henry warned that while Mustard TV's losses have been dramatically cut – the figure includes one-off setup costs and the business had to be built from a zero audience base – the overall local TV model needs to be reviewed or 2016 could see mass closures.
This includes one-off costs, such as levelling and draining the wetland and well construction; however, additional costs would be accrued annually (Table 17).
The company reported sales revenue of €341.3 million, down 2.7% from €350.6 million in 2Q 2013, and a loss for the period of €6.4 million, which includes one-off IPO and pre-refinancing interest costs.
Overall, Udacity says the number of registered students on the platform is higher than this, now at over 10 million — which also includes one-off free courses as well as partnerships with businesses.
On top of hits to revenue and margins, which also include reduced business from running Australia's immigration detention centres, Serco will spend £25m this year on its clean-up plan, including one-off costs of £10m to pay advisers and fund training and new systems.
AerCap, meanwhile, returned more than 2 percent in the first half, not including one-off charges.
Their profits also include one-off tax refunds from the Tokyo city government.
For example, they included one-off gains from reversals of tax and credit charges.
