Bell Equipment Limited provided earnings guidance for the six months ended June 30, 2017. Shareholders are accordingly advised that the company's earnings per share and headline earnings per share are expected to be at least 70% higher (47 cents higher) for the half year ended June 30, 2017 when compared to the EPS and HEPS of 67 cents for the half year ended June 30, 2016. A further trading statement for the half year ended June 30, 2017 will be released on SENS once the company has reasonable certainty regarding the extent of the expected increase in its results for the half year ended June 30, 2017. The expected increase in earnings is mainly due to an improvement in demand in especially the South African market; certain once-off recoveries during the period, including the recovery of a substantial customer account provided for in a prior period; an improvement in the financial results of the company's subsidiary in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the half year ended June 30, 2017 compared with the same period last year, when significant losses were incurred as previously reported on.