van elle holdings plc said tuesday that it expects to report higher pretax profit and revenue for the first half of fiscal 2023 even as high cost inflation continued to weigh the uk engineering contractor said it expects to report a pretax profit of more than 3 million pounds 35 million for the six months ended oct 31 up from gbp19 million the same period a year earlier revenue is expected to come in at around gbp81 million up from gbp601 a year earlier all divisions operated at high activity levels with significantly increased revenues in housing and general piling the company said van elle said there has been some easing in supplychain bottlenecks during the first half of fiscal 2023 but that higher wage fuel and materials costs have hit the groups cost base van elle is expected to report its halfyear results on jan 25 the company added that it anticipates performance for the full year to be slightly ahead of market expectations without providing any specific figures however data taken from factset based on one analysts estimates expects van elle to report sales of gbp1248 million for fiscal 2023 and a pretax profit of gbp5 million strong activity levels are expected to be sustained through the second half of the year despite the winter months which traditionally deliver lower activity levels due to weather disruptions the company said