pagegroup plc said thursday that pretax profit and revenue rose in 2022 with a record performance in 27 countries the recruitment company said pretax profit increased to 1944 million pounds 2302 million for the year ended dec 31 from gbp1666 million in 2021 revenue came in at gbp199 billion compared with gbp164 billion the company also reported record operating profit of gbp1961 million up from gbp1685 million in 2021 however the company said productivity in the year was down 06 compared with 2021 with a conversion rate of 182 down from 192 this was due to challenging trading conditions with business in china impacted by coronavirus restrictions in the second half and softening client confidence in a majority of markets during the fourth quarter it said pagegroup proposed a final dividend of 1076 pence a share bringing the total dividend for the year to 1567 pence up 45 on year looking forward there remains a high level of global macroeconomic and political uncertainty in the majority of our markets chief executive nicholas kirk said he added however that the company is positioned well to weather this environment and maintain strong shareholder returns partly thanks to a strong balance sheet shares at 0815 gmt were down 1280 pence or 27 at 46140 pence