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Premier Farnell Sounds Upbeat Note

Premier Farnell's third quarter results are the latest evidence of a recovery in the distribution sector.

Premier Farnell Joins Initiative to Aid SMEs

Premier Farnell has joined forces with the Electronics Leadership Council (ELC) and the UK's Electronics Alliance (UKEA) to survey of all UK-based small and medium enterprise (SME) technology companies.

Harwin Centre Stage On element14

Harwin the high-reliability connector and interconnect solutions supplier has stepped into the spotlight on Farnell's element14 engineering community web site.

element14 Unveils Global Scholarships

Students from Europe, North America and Asia/Pacific are celebrating as the winners of Premier Farnell's Live EDGE Electronic Design for the Global Environment scholarships.

Premier Farnell CEO Wins Spot in FT Top 50

Harriet Green, chief executive officer of Premier Farnell has been named in the Financial Times Top 50 Women in Global Business.

Farnell Launches Back-Order Service

Farnell's drive to make the best possible use of e-commerce technology shows no signs of abating.

Farnell Bags Green Plaudits

The push to be seen to be green took another step forward at Farnell this week when it unveiled its new environmentally-friendly packaging.

Keeping the Wolf from the Door

Here we see two chaps ignoring W C Fields' advice about never working with children and animals. Alan Paterson (left), general manager of Farnell in the UK looks reasonably relaxed. Henry Lee, Murata Power Solutions product manager, the guy holding the leash looks a little more apprehensive as well he might with two wolves at arms length.

The two members of the lupus family, that's the wolves not the blokes, are outside Farnell's Leeds HQ at a recent customer day. And the relevance of the wolves you ask? Well, Okami is the name for Murata's new range of point of load DC/DC converters. And Okami is Japanese for yup, you've guessed - wolf.

Art and Technology Show Gets Farnell Backing

Science influenced art anyone? It's an interesting concept developed by artist Renny Nisbet, and supported by Premier Farnell.