25 years on and still Fab payouts

THE Beatles are still raking in millions of pounds, 25 years after they split up. According to the latest accounts from their company, Apple Corps, annual profits were £1.4m on turnover that jumped to £11.8m from £8.6m the year before.

The company exploits all activities relating to the Fab Four, from music through to visual assets such as posters and videos.

Though profits were slightly down on the £1.6m the previous year, the two surviving Beatles and the widows of John Lennon and George Harrison received higher payments for promotional services.

Sir Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Yoko Ono and Olivia Harrison received £1.7m each in the year to the end of January 2004, up from £1.3m a year earlier.