France remains a thorn in Computacenter's side

Computacenter's French business continued to be a headache for the company in H1, but its German and UK divisions managed to grow. For the six months to 30 June, overall at Computacenter, adjusted profit before tax jumped 13.7 per cent annually to £29.1m (€39.73), on adjusted revenue, which was up 0.2 per cent to £1.44bn over the same period. Its German unit grew the most - its sales were up 14.1 per cent annually to €731.1m, while in France, sales fell 7.7 per cent to €259.3m. In th...