Revenue for Wolters Kluwer rose by 9 percent for the nine months ended September 30, 4 percent in constant currency. The total also went up by 4 percent organically year-over-year, the company said in its recent trading statement.
The company did not provided any revenue or earnings figures, which is typical e for European companies issuing trading updates for results for the first and third quarters.
Tax & Accounting revenue were up by 6 percent organically with the growth coming from software for professionals at firms and corporations. Corporate Performance Solutions—Tagetik and TeamMate—produced 16-percent organic growth. That came from new sales and upgrades. Firms in the United states yielded what the company termed strong growth in the CCH Axcess Suite for both new and existing customers.
Tax & Accounting Europe had 9 percent organic growth, with both on-premise and cloud software performing well in the region.
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