Bytes Technology H1 FY27 operating profit rises 6% year-on-year; gross profit increases 18% year-on-year

• Bytes Technology Group posted stronger-than-expected H1 FY27 trading, with operating profit rising about 6% year-on-year.
• Gross invoiced income climbed about 19%, while gross profit increased about 18% from the prior year period.
• Higher technology costs tied to strategic projects and a return to more normalised bonus levels were cited alongside the operating profit outcome.
• Net cash ended the half at about £68 million after £41.3 million returned to shareholders, including £25 million of buybacks.
• Full-year guidance was upgraded to low-to-mid teens gross profit growth, with low-to-mid single-digit operating profit growth.

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