10th Dec 2020 10:58
(Alliance News) - Computacenter PLC on Thursday said it has increased its annual guidance amid good trade despite the challenges presented by the pandemic.
The Hatfield, England-based computer services provider said it has seen positive trading in the second and third quarters of the year and expects good sales in December.
Following this, Computacenter has upped its guidance for the year, saying adjusted pretax profit for the year ending December 31 is "unlikely to be less than" GBP190 million. This is up 30% from the prior year's GBP146.3 million.
Computacenter said: "At this time customers are understandably polarising between those negatively affected by the Covid-19 pandemic that are naturally temporarily reducing, or delaying, their investment in technology, and those that feel this is the appropriate time to invest heavily in their digital transformation to prepare for the future.
"We are very proud that so many customers have turned to Computacenter and our services at these difficult times and we would like to thank our employees for stepping up to our customers' challenges."
Computacenter shares were up 3.0% at 2,285.68 pence each in London on Thursday morning.
By Greg Roxburgh; [email protected]
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