Softcat CEO talks Brexit, acquisitions, potential price hikes and unclouding

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Martin Hellawell says reseller will aim to add £70m to top line every year as he talks to CRN about Softcat's first year as a public company and growth plans

Finally, what's in store for Softcat in your financial 2017? Are acquisitions on the agenda, for instance?

It's the same strategy as ever; boring old Softcat. That means just going out and winning new customers and selling more to them. We've never done any acquisitions but we're not against it. We are probably looking at more than we ever have done at the moment, and there are a lot of opportunities out there for acquisitions. We haven't got a plan to do it but we're looking at opportunities tactically, and if something fits us culturally and takes us somewhere faster, we will certainly consider those in the future. But I have not gone past a second meeting with any organisation for three years, so it's very early stages.

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