Computacenter swallows services pain for long-term gain

Doug Woodburn
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Firm sees large services contracts as key to its growth for the years ahead - but margins may be hit in the short term

Computacenter has warned that the cost involved in winning a recent rash of large contracts has hit its margins in the first few months of 2012. Driven largely by strong services growth and last...

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