checkit said that its land and expand strategy and high net retention rates have boosted annual recurring revenue over the first half of the year the ukbased digitalsolutions provider said thursday that arr for the half year ended july 31 rose to 126 million pounds 16 million from gbp102 million for the same period a year earlier net retention rate over the period was 113 and gross retention rate was 98 total group revenue for the period was gbp57 million compared with gbp48 million checkit also said that john lewis has renewed an agreement with it worth gbp6 million over three years in h1 fy24 we saw strong upsell and cross sell from existing customers as they look to streamline their organizations to improve efficiencies and reduce costs chief executive kit kyte said underpinned by a robust balance sheet strong pipeline of new business and increasing visibility we look forward with confidence in the groups longterm prospects shares at 0814 gmt were up 050 pence or 21 at 240 pence