Post-pay market drives Carphone Warehouse

Mobile phones retailer Carphone Warehouse has reiterated full year earnings guidance after a first half in which it gained market share in the UK post-pay market.

Mobile phones retailer Carphone Warehouse has reiterated full year earnings guidance after a first half in which it gained market share in the UK post-pay market.

Headline profit before tax, which excludes contributions from discontinued businesses and one-off items, rose to £8.6m in the six months to the end of September from a restated £6.6m the year before. Statutory profit before tax jumped to £8.3m from £5.3m the year before.

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