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{{Short description|High-service electronics components distributor}}
Premier Farnell was formed in 1996 with the takeover of Premier Industrial Corporation of the USA by [[Farnell (company)|Farnell Electronics plc]].
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'''Premier Farnell Ltd''' is a distributor of products for electronic system design, maintenance and repair throughout Europe, North America and Asia Pacific, with operations in 36 countries and trading in over 100.<ref name="Our Company -what we do">{{cite web|url=http://www.premierfarnell.com/our-company/what-we-do|title=Our Company - what we do|last=|first=|year=2016|website=|publisher=Premier Farnell|accessdate=15 October 2016}}</ref> In October 2016, the firm was purchased by [[Avnet]] in a deal valued at approximately £691&nbsp;million.<ref name=wallst2016/>
Premier Farnell plc (LSE:pfl) is a leading high service, multi-channel distributor of electronic, maintenance, repair and operation products and specialist services throughout Europe, the Americas and Asia Pacific. It goes to market with a differentiated value proposition, world-class marketing, a stocked range of 400,000+ products, and access to 4,000,000 more items from 3,000 top manufacturers. The company has group sales of £823.1m and 4470 employees globally.


==History==
While global in scope, Premier Farnell recognizes the individual needs of each market and has continued to internationalize its model accordingly, trading locally under different brand names. Its primary electronics businesses trade as [http://farnell.com Farnell] in the UK, Europe, Australia and New Zealand, [http://www.newark.com Newark] in the US, Canada and Mexico, and [http://www.farnell.com Premier Electronics] in China. In Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Brazil the operation is known as [http://www.farnell.com Farnell Newark]. For more information visit the [http://www.premierfarnell.com website]
The firm was founded by Alan Farnell and Arthur Woffenden in 1939 in [[Leeds]], England as A.C. Farnell Limited.<ref name=history>{{cite web|url=http://www.premierfarnell.com/our-company/history|title=History|publisher=Premier Farnell|accessdate=23 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004235020/http://www.premierfarnell.com/our-company/history|archive-date=4 October 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> It was first listed on the [[London Stock Exchange]] in 1966.<ref name=history/> The company was based next to [[Wetherby (York Road) railway station|Wetherby railway station]], later moving into larger offices on the town's Sandbeck Industrial Estate, and in 1995, into offices in [[Armley]].<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/latest-news/top-stories/farnell-armley-office-workers-give-school-makeover-1-2767485 |title=Farnell: Armley office workers give school makeover |publisher=Yorkshire Evening Post |date= |accessdate=23 March 2014}}</ref>


In 1995 it acquired [[CPC (company)|Combined Precision Components]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.readabstracts.com/Business/Farnell-Electronics-Farnell-pays-top-dollar.html|title=Farnell Electronics|publisher=FT Business|date=1995|accessdate=10 October 2016}}</ref> As it focused on distribution, its manufacturing operations were sold the same year.<ref name=history/> In 1996 it bought the United States distributor, [[Newark (company)|Premier Industrial Corporation]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/pounds-19bn-premier-buy-to-propel-farnell-into-footsie-1325559.html|title=pounds 1.9bn Premier buy to propel Farnell into Footsie|work=The Independent|date=24 January 1996|accessdate=23 March 2014}}</ref> and changed its name to Premier Farnell.<ref name=history/>
== '''Live Edge''' ==


In 2001 the firm acquired [[Buck & Hickman]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/business/buck--hickman-celebrate-180-3063334|title=Buck & Hickman celebrate 180 years of success|publisher=Coventry Telegraph|date=14 May 2010|accessdate=23 March 2014}}</ref> a company which it sold in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.engineeringtalk.com/news/buc/buc118.html |title=Engineering Products, Services & Suppliers &#124; Source |publisher=Engineeringtalk.com |date= |accessdate=23 March 2014}}</ref> In 2006, the firm sold Kent, its specialist automotive consumables business.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.electronics-eetimes.com/en/premier-farnell-sells-kent-auto-business.html?cmp_id=7&news_id=190900089|title=Premier Farnell sells Kent auto business|date=20 July 2006|publisher=EE Times|accessdate=23 March 2014}}</ref>
[http://premierfarnell.com Premier Farnell] are sponsors of [http://www.live-edge.co.uk/ Live Edge] - Electronic Design for the Global Environment. This is the first international competition of its kind to offer the support of expert legal, design and marketing consultants as part of its prize. The objective is to drive the winning design from concept towards production.


In the mid-2000s, the firm developed from a catalogues and trade counter business into an e-commerce operation, under the direction of [[Harriet Green]], CEO, who joined the business in 2006.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2012/may/24/thomas-cook-harriet-green-chief |title=Thomas Cook's Harriet Green: 'My challenge in life is achieving balance' |work=The Guardian |date=24 May 2012 |accessdate=12 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.premierfarnell.com/media-centre/harriet-green-ceo-premier-farnell-awarded-obe-services-electronics-industry |year=2013 |title=Harriet Green, CEO Premier Farnell awarded O.B.E for services to the electronics industry |publisher=Farnell UK |accessdate=12 March 2015}}</ref>
This innovative support package includes the use of an electronics design consultancy to develop the design toward prototype/production stage, legal assistance with Intellectual Property (IP) registration, patents and contracts, and professional public relations and marketing resources. All IP rights are retained by the winner, who will be invited to serve on next year’s live edge judging panel, with industry leaders and technical experts from around the world.


In 2007 the firm launched its Greater China business, Premier Electronics, with a warehouse and distribution centre in [[Shanghai Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone|WaiGaoQiao]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Premier+Farnell+Heads+East+With+Launch+of+New+Business+in+China.-a0161549945|title=Premier Farnell Heads East With Launch of New Business in China|publisher=PR Newswire|year=2007|accessdate=23 March 2014}}</ref>
Along with the support package, a US$50,000 cash prize will be awarded, for a total value of US$100,000. Five other designs are also eligible for live edge Honorable Mentions and US$5,000 cash prizes.


Towards the end of 2008 the group began the closure of Cadillac Electric, which was part of the group's Industrial Products division.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ewweb.com/news-watch/michigans-cadillac-electric-closes-doors|title=Michigan's Cadillac Electric Closes Doors|year=2008|publisher=Electrical Wholesaling|accessdate=23 March 2014}}</ref> During the course of 2008 the group acquired Hynetic Electronics,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.efytimes.com/efytimes/fullnews.asp?edid=24567 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120729194029/http://www.efytimes.com/efytimes/fullnews.asp?edid=24567 |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 July 2012 |title=Premier Farnell Acquires Assets of Hynetic Electronics |publisher=Efytimes.com |date=5 February 2008 |accessdate=23 March 2014}}</ref> an Indian distributor, and in early 2009 it acquired Microdis Electronics, an electronics distributor based in Poland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.channel-e.biz/no_cache/news-en/article/premier-farnell-buys-part-of-microdis-electronics.html|title=Premier Farnell buys part of Microdis Electronics|publisher=E-biz|date=8 January 2009|accessdate=23 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419020903/http://www.channel-e.biz/no_cache/news-en/article/premier-farnell-buys-part-of-microdis-electronics.html|archive-date=19 April 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> In September 2009, it announced the acquisition of [[EAGLE (program)|CadSoft Computer GmbH]], developer of [[EAGLE (program)|EAGLE]] [[electronic design automation]] software,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/design/eda-and-ip/premier-farnell-buys-design-software-firm-cadsoft-2009-09/|title=Premier Farnell buys design software firm CadSoft|date=September 2009|publisher=Electronics Weekly|accessdate=23 March 2014}}</ref> which it later sold.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/news/AN_1467033618704220400/premier-farnell-completes-sale-of-cadsoft-to-autodesk-.aspx/|title=Premier Farnell Completes Sale Of Cadsoft To Autodesk| date=June 2016|publisher=Morningstar|accessdate=8 October 2016}}</ref>
Your environmentally-friendly design can win:-


In 2010, the legacy brands of Premier Electronics, Farnell and Farnell-Newark were replaced by Farnell element14 in Europe, and by Newark element14 in the US. The name was taken from [[silicon]], the 14th element in the [[Periodic Table]], which is widely used in electronic components such as [[integrated circuits]] and discrete [[semiconductors]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.electronicproducts.com/Education/Student/4_major_uses_for_silicon_in_technology.aspx |title=4 Major uses for silicon in technology |publisher=Electronic Products |accessdate=19 June 2018}}</ref>
- Valuable support from experts to move your design toward production
- Intellectual property (IP) rights retained by you
- Innovative cash and support prize valued at US$100,000


In March 2016, the group sold its Akron Brass subsidiary to [[IDEX Corporation]] for $224.2 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.akronbrass.com/about-press-releases-akron-brass-2016-idex-completes-acquisition-of-akron-brass/|title=IDEX Corporation Completes Acquisition of Akron Brass|date=March 2016|publisher=IDEX Corporation|accessdate=15 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012140739/http://www.akronbrass.com/about-press-releases-akron-brass-2016-idex-completes-acquisition-of-akron-brass|archive-date=12 October 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
To enter the competition simply complete the registration form on the dedicated [http://www.live-edge.co.uk/ Live Edge website] before 31st October 2007.


On 17 October 2016, American company [[Avnet]] completed its acquisition of Premier Farnell in a deal valued at approximately £691&nbsp;million,<ref name=wallst2016>{{cite web|url=http://www.wallstreet-online.de/nachricht/9005246-avnet-completes-the-acquisition-of-premier-farnell-plc|title=Avnet completes the acquisition of Premier Farnell PLC| date= 17 October 2016 | publisher=Wall Street online|accessdate=17 October 2016}}</ref> leading to delisting of Premier Farnell shares.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://uk.advfn.com/stock-market/london/premier-farnell-PFL/share-news/Premier-Farnell-PLC-Suspension-of-Listing-and-Trad/72675699|title=Premier Farnell PLC Suspension of Listing and Trading of Shares|last=|first=|date=17 October 2016|website=ADVFN|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-02-25}}</ref> In 2019 the business was rebranded as Farnell,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.farnell.com/our-heritage/|title=Our Heritage|last=|first=|date=|website=www.farnell.com|access-date=2020-02-25}}</ref> although the company's legal name continues to be Premier Farnell Limited.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/00876412|title=PREMIER FARNELL LIMITED|last=|first=|date=|website=Companies House|language=en|access-date=2020-02-25}}</ref>
A video about [http://live-edge.co.uk Live Edge] can also be viewed on [http://www.youtube.com/PremierFarnell YouTube]

==Structure and operations==
[[File:RaspberryPi.jpg|thumbnail|The [[Raspberry Pi]] single-board computer|alt=]]
Premier Farnell Limited is a holding company with numerous subsidiaries in Europe and Asia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/00876412/filing-history/MzIyNzUyOTczMGFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0|title=Premier Farnell Limited - annual report and financial statements|last=|first=|date=July 2018|website=Companies House|pages=19–20|access-date=25 February 2020}}</ref>

The group trades globally under the following names:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.farnell.com/our-brands/ |title=Our Brands |publisher=Premier Farnell |accessdate=15 February 2023}}</ref>

'''element14 group'''

* Farnell in the UK and Europe
* Farnell export served by other countries
* [[Newark (company)|Newark]] in the United States, Canada and Mexico
* element14 in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, China and Singapore
* element14 community, an online information hub and forum for electrical engineers.

'''Other brands'''
* [[CPC (company)|CPC]] in the UK
* Shenzhen Embest Technology
* icDirectory Limited

==Products==
{{As of|2024||df=US}}, Premier Farnell stocks 950,000 products from 2,000 suppliers across its regional warehouses.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.farnell.com/products-and-expertise/ |title=Products and Expertise|last=|first=|date=|website=www.farnell.com|access-date=2024-06-02}}</ref> It also sells about half of the [[Raspberry Pi]] computers distributed worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cityam.com/article/1379637528/raspberry-pi-sales-fail-turn-around-premier-farnell-s-luck|title=Raspberry Pi sales fail to turn around Premier Farnell's luck|date=20 September 2013|accessdate=23 March 2014}}</ref>

Development kits (often called ‘dev kits’) are a major specialism of Farnell. These are hardware kits typically centred around a particular microprocessor or microcontroller and are used by design engineers to develop and prototype new products. A survey of engineers on the element14 Community identified the big areas for the market in 2014-2015 as being lighting control, sensing and wireless. Another growth area for Farnell is the [[Internet of Things]] (IoT), which was the predominant theme at its stall at the electronica fair held in Munich on 11-14 November 2014, showcasing Farnell IoT products such as the RIoTboard.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newelectronics.co.uk/electronics-blogs/what-next-for-the-dev-kit/63392/ |title=What next for the dev kit? |year=2014 |publisher=New Electronics |accessdate=12 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ceasiamag.com/article/element14-to-make-iot-a-reality-at-embedded-world-2014/10196 |title=element14 to Make IoT a Reality at Embedded World 2014 |year=2014 |publisher=Control Engineering Asia |accessdate=12 March 2015}}</ref>

The [[BBC]] announced on 7 July 2015 that it was launching a new computer device called the [[Micro Bit|micro:bit]] that would be given to every [[Year_Seven|Year 7]] school pupil in the UK (amounting to around one million computers) in October 2015 as part of its Make It Digital initiative. Farnell was named as one of the major partners in the consortium behind the micro:bit, taking responsibility for sourcing of components and overseeing the manufacturing process.<ref name=BBCmediapack>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/microbit|website=bbc.co.uk|title=Groundbreaking initiative to inspire digital creativity and develop a new generation of tech pioneers|accessdate=14 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/mar/12/bbc-micro-bit-raspberry-pi|title=BBC Micro Bit will complement Raspberry Pi not compete with it|author=Stuart Dredge|work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>

==Awards==

* ECMOD Direct Commerce Award for the best online business B2B, 2012 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.catalog-biz.com/news/ECMOD-Direct-Commerce-Award-Winners_3363.asp|title=ECMOD Direct Commerce Award Winners|date=28 March 2012|publisher=Direct Commerce|accessdate=23 March 2014}}</ref>
*BiTC Corporate Responsibility Index – Platinum status, 2012 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://callcenterinfo.tmcnet.com/news/2012/03/19/6198112.htm |title=Premier Farnell retains Business in the Community Platinum status for third year running |publisher=Callcenterinfo.tmcnet.com |date=19 March 2012 |accessdate=23 March 2014}}</ref>
*[[Ethisphere Institute]] – World's Most Ethical Companies List, 2012 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.electronics-sourcing.com/2012/03/19/premier-farnell-retains-business-in-the-community-platinum-status-for-third-year-running/ |title=Premier Farnell retains Business in the Community Platinum status for third year running &#124; Europe, Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous, UK News |publisher=Electronics-sourcing.com |date=19 March 2012 |accessdate=23 March 2014}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{Official website}}
*[http://www.premierfarnell.com/prem/ Official site]

*[http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=PFL.L Yahoo profile]
{{Authority control}}


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Latest revision as of 10:13, 2 June 2024

Premier Farnell (branded as Farnell)
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryElectronics
Founded1939
FounderAlan Farnell
HeadquartersChicago, Illinois, USA
Key people
Chris Breslin, President
ParentAvnet
Websitewww.farnell.com Edit this at Wikidata

Premier Farnell Ltd is a distributor of products for electronic system design, maintenance and repair throughout Europe, North America and Asia Pacific, with operations in 36 countries and trading in over 100.[1] In October 2016, the firm was purchased by Avnet in a deal valued at approximately £691 million.[2]

History[edit]

The firm was founded by Alan Farnell and Arthur Woffenden in 1939 in Leeds, England as A.C. Farnell Limited.[3] It was first listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1966.[3] The company was based next to Wetherby railway station, later moving into larger offices on the town's Sandbeck Industrial Estate, and in 1995, into offices in Armley.[4]

In 1995 it acquired Combined Precision Components.[5] As it focused on distribution, its manufacturing operations were sold the same year.[3] In 1996 it bought the United States distributor, Premier Industrial Corporation,[6] and changed its name to Premier Farnell.[3]

In 2001 the firm acquired Buck & Hickman,[7] a company which it sold in 2007.[8] In 2006, the firm sold Kent, its specialist automotive consumables business.[9]

In the mid-2000s, the firm developed from a catalogues and trade counter business into an e-commerce operation, under the direction of Harriet Green, CEO, who joined the business in 2006.[10][11]

In 2007 the firm launched its Greater China business, Premier Electronics, with a warehouse and distribution centre in WaiGaoQiao.[12]

Towards the end of 2008 the group began the closure of Cadillac Electric, which was part of the group's Industrial Products division.[13] During the course of 2008 the group acquired Hynetic Electronics,[14] an Indian distributor, and in early 2009 it acquired Microdis Electronics, an electronics distributor based in Poland.[15] In September 2009, it announced the acquisition of CadSoft Computer GmbH, developer of EAGLE electronic design automation software,[16] which it later sold.[17]

In 2010, the legacy brands of Premier Electronics, Farnell and Farnell-Newark were replaced by Farnell element14 in Europe, and by Newark element14 in the US. The name was taken from silicon, the 14th element in the Periodic Table, which is widely used in electronic components such as integrated circuits and discrete semiconductors.[18]

In March 2016, the group sold its Akron Brass subsidiary to IDEX Corporation for $224.2 million.[19]

On 17 October 2016, American company Avnet completed its acquisition of Premier Farnell in a deal valued at approximately £691 million,[2] leading to delisting of Premier Farnell shares.[20] In 2019 the business was rebranded as Farnell,[21] although the company's legal name continues to be Premier Farnell Limited.[22]

Structure and operations[edit]

The Raspberry Pi single-board computer

Premier Farnell Limited is a holding company with numerous subsidiaries in Europe and Asia.[23]

The group trades globally under the following names:[24]

element14 group

  • Farnell in the UK and Europe
  • Farnell export served by other countries
  • Newark in the United States, Canada and Mexico
  • element14 in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, China and Singapore
  • element14 community, an online information hub and forum for electrical engineers.

Other brands

  • CPC in the UK
  • Shenzhen Embest Technology
  • icDirectory Limited

Products[edit]

As of 2024, Premier Farnell stocks 950,000 products from 2,000 suppliers across its regional warehouses.[25] It also sells about half of the Raspberry Pi computers distributed worldwide.[26]

Development kits (often called ‘dev kits’) are a major specialism of Farnell. These are hardware kits typically centred around a particular microprocessor or microcontroller and are used by design engineers to develop and prototype new products. A survey of engineers on the element14 Community identified the big areas for the market in 2014-2015 as being lighting control, sensing and wireless. Another growth area for Farnell is the Internet of Things (IoT), which was the predominant theme at its stall at the electronica fair held in Munich on 11-14 November 2014, showcasing Farnell IoT products such as the RIoTboard.[27][28]

The BBC announced on 7 July 2015 that it was launching a new computer device called the micro:bit that would be given to every Year 7 school pupil in the UK (amounting to around one million computers) in October 2015 as part of its Make It Digital initiative. Farnell was named as one of the major partners in the consortium behind the micro:bit, taking responsibility for sourcing of components and overseeing the manufacturing process.[29][30]

Awards[edit]

  • ECMOD Direct Commerce Award for the best online business B2B, 2012 [31]
  • BiTC Corporate Responsibility Index – Platinum status, 2012 [32]
  • Ethisphere Institute – World's Most Ethical Companies List, 2012 [33]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Our Company - what we do". Premier Farnell. 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Avnet completes the acquisition of Premier Farnell PLC". Wall Street online. 17 October 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d "History". Premier Farnell. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  4. ^ "Farnell: Armley office workers give school makeover". Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  5. ^ "Farnell Electronics". FT Business. 1995. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  6. ^ "pounds 1.9bn Premier buy to propel Farnell into Footsie". The Independent. 24 January 1996. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  7. ^ "Buck & Hickman celebrate 180 years of success". Coventry Telegraph. 14 May 2010. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  8. ^ "Engineering Products, Services & Suppliers | Source". Engineeringtalk.com. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  9. ^ "Premier Farnell sells Kent auto business". EE Times. 20 July 2006. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  10. ^ "Thomas Cook's Harriet Green: 'My challenge in life is achieving balance'". The Guardian. 24 May 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  11. ^ "Harriet Green, CEO Premier Farnell awarded O.B.E for services to the electronics industry". Farnell UK. 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  12. ^ "Premier Farnell Heads East With Launch of New Business in China". PR Newswire. 2007. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  13. ^ "Michigan's Cadillac Electric Closes Doors". Electrical Wholesaling. 2008. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  14. ^ "Premier Farnell Acquires Assets of Hynetic Electronics". Efytimes.com. 5 February 2008. Archived from the original on 29 July 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  15. ^ "Premier Farnell buys part of Microdis Electronics". E-biz. 8 January 2009. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  16. ^ "Premier Farnell buys design software firm CadSoft". Electronics Weekly. September 2009. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  17. ^ "Premier Farnell Completes Sale Of Cadsoft To Autodesk". Morningstar. June 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  18. ^ "4 Major uses for silicon in technology". Electronic Products. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  19. ^ "IDEX Corporation Completes Acquisition of Akron Brass". IDEX Corporation. March 2016. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  20. ^ "Premier Farnell PLC Suspension of Listing and Trading of Shares". ADVFN. 17 October 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  21. ^ "Our Heritage". www.farnell.com. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  22. ^ "PREMIER FARNELL LIMITED". Companies House. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  23. ^ "Premier Farnell Limited - annual report and financial statements". Companies House. July 2018. pp. 19–20. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  24. ^ "Our Brands". Premier Farnell. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  25. ^ "Products and Expertise". www.farnell.com. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  26. ^ "Raspberry Pi sales fail to turn around Premier Farnell's luck". 20 September 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  27. ^ "What next for the dev kit?". New Electronics. 2014. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  28. ^ "element14 to Make IoT a Reality at Embedded World 2014". Control Engineering Asia. 2014. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  29. ^ "Groundbreaking initiative to inspire digital creativity and develop a new generation of tech pioneers". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  30. ^ Stuart Dredge. "BBC Micro Bit will complement Raspberry Pi not compete with it". The Guardian.
  31. ^ "ECMOD Direct Commerce Award Winners". Direct Commerce. 28 March 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  32. ^ "Premier Farnell retains Business in the Community Platinum status for third year running". Callcenterinfo.tmcnet.com. 19 March 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  33. ^ "Premier Farnell retains Business in the Community Platinum status for third year running | Europe, Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous, UK News". Electronics-sourcing.com. 19 March 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2014.

External links[edit]

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