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Telecom Plus - Looks well set to enter FTSE-250 in 2004

January 2004

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Telecom Plus had an excellent first half to 30 September. The customer base grew by 26,000 in the period to 160,000 and the number of services supplied increased by 47% to 270,000 - an average of 1.68 services per customer.Despite its name, Telecom Plus is a virtual multi-utility and provides a range of services (telephony, internet, gas and electricity) at a discount to the prices charged by incumbent operators (now marketed as the "Utility Warehouse Discount Club"). Statutory turnover, which includes a small element from operating the distributor network, was up 46% to £37.2m. Profit before tax was up 98% to £4.9m and earnings by 62% to 5.2p.The real rate of progress is reflected in sales from Teleco ...

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