westminster group plc said thursday that its pretax loss narrowed for the first half of 2022 as revenue increased due to the recovery of its services business and that it expects revenue in the second half to be in line with market expectations the uk securityservices company said that its pretax loss was 787000 pounds 948256 compared with a loss of gbp929000 for the first half of 2021 revenue rose to gbp39 million from gbp35 million the year before the company said its training business rebounded strongly in the period and that it had secured training contracts for clients around the world including a sizeable contract for one of the uks largest airports the company said it expects the year to be secondhalf weighted as recurring revenue was running at around gbp5 million per year adding that it has secured over gbp35 million in new orders so far in 2022 the board is mindful of the current global situation with serious conflicts in ukraine and potentially taiwan which may present both opportunities and challenges for our business and the growing economic crisis around the world which may yet impact our forecasts however given the momentum and recovery we are seeing we remain optimistic we can meet 2022 financial year market expectations chief executive peter fowler said