North East wholesale group Kitwave said all of its divisions are now trading at pre-pandemic levels or higher and anticipates full year results to be ahead of expectations.
The North Shields-based business, which operates depots across the country, said it had enjoyed a strong first half in the six months to the end of April.
But it sounded a note of caution about the potential for cost of living pressures to impact on consumers' spending power, and therefore the business' revenues.