All international markets delivered double-digit percentage growth in the first half of the financial year of electronic components distributor Electrocomponents, putting the performance of the UK market in the shade.
The company saw a 17.5% rise in pre-tax profits for the half year period to 30 September to £59.4m, compared to £50.5m in the first half of the previous year, on the back of strong underlying sales growth of 11% year-on-year.
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