prime people plc said friday that its pretax profit increased for the first half of fiscal 2022 boosted by higher client demand the uk recruitment company posted a pretax profit of 11 million pounds 15 million for the period ended sept 30 compared with gbp97000 a year earlier the company said revenue increased to gbp106 million from gbp87 million as group performance driven by general market recovery and higher client demand after the easing of covid19related restrictions we believe that the group is well positioned to respond quickly as markets strengthen but we remain cautious as any reimposition of covidrelated restrictions are likely to be negative for our business the company said the board didnt declare an interim dividend this year