<NEXT PLC> <NEXL.L> FIVE MONTHS TO END JANUARY
  Shr 7.67p vs 5.34p
      Div 1.5p vs 1.08p
      Pretax profit 30.12 mln stg vs 12.40 mln
      Net interest payable 2.55 mln vs 200 stg
      Net after tax 19.58 vs 7.44 mln
      Turnover excluding VAT 257.66 mln vs 74.09 mln
      Note - The company said it intends to issue a second
  interim statement for the six months to July 1987 and to pay a
  related dividend in early 1988.