Pre-Close Trading Update
Overall we expect profit before tax for 2003 to be in line with our expectations at the time of our interim results in September 2003. Trading was slightly weaker in the third quarter, but this was compensated for by a strengthening in the fourth quarter.
Services revenues have grown steadily across our geographies, particularly in the UK, as a result of previously announced managed services contract wins. Whilst product volumes have been satisfactory throughout the year, overall sales revenues have been constrained by material product price declines, exacerbated by the fall in the US Dollar.
Looking ahead it is too early to predict the outcome for 2004 but we believe Computacenter is well positioned to take advantage of any improvement in market conditions.
Computacenter plc will be announcing its preliminary results for the year ended 31 December, 2003 on Tuesday 16 March, 2004.
With the help of Computacenter and the rollout of a pioneering workforce management solution, NTL has improved the efficiency of its engineers, reduced overheads and improved customer service.
European legislation means that businesses need to take even greater care when disposing of redundant IT equipment.
Our
audio-visual division offers a highly focused and specialist requisition & management
service, that delivers the very best in AV presentation systems.
At Computacenter we can fulfil all of your consumables requirements. We manage small orders through to a large-scale, fully managed consumables service, with most orders delivered on a next-day service.