Bytes Technology Group

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Bytes Technology Group
Company type Public limited company
LSE:  BYIT
FTSE 250 component
IndustryReseller of computer software
Founded1982;42 years ago (1982)
Headquarters Leatherhead, Surrey, England.
Key people
  • Patrick De Smedt (Chairman)
  • Sam Mudd (Interim Chief Executive Officer)
RevenueIncrease2.svg £184.4 million (2023) [1]
Increase2.svg £50.9 million (2023) [1]
Increase2.svg £40.4 million (2023) [1]
Website www.bytesplc.com

Bytes Technology Group is a reseller of computer software in Leatherhead, Surrey, England. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.

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History

The business was established in a shop in Epsom in 1982. [2] It was acquired by Allied Electronics Corporation (Altron), a company led by the entrepreneur, Bill Venter, [3] [4] in 1998. [5] The company was demerged from Altron and was subject to an initial public offering on the London Stock Exchange in December 2020. [6]

In February 2024, the CEO, Neil Murphy, resigned abruptly after the board became aware of some previously undisclosed trades in the company's shares. [7]

Operations

The company is a reseller of computer software, principally of products made by Microsoft, but also of cloud storage, computer security and computer asset management software. [8] It was the largest reseller of Microsoft's Azure cloud computing software product in the UK during the year ended 30 June 2019. [9]

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