quixant plc said tuesday that firsthalf pretax profit rose significantly after it saw buoyant customer demand and proactive supplychain management the uk gamingtechnology company said pretax profit for the six months was 28 million compared with 800000 a year earlier revenue for the half was 533 million compared with 365 million a strong start to the second half combined with our strength of order coverage gives us a high degree of confidence in meeting the upgraded fullyear market expectations and we continue to see compelling opportunities for longterm growth in the business through disciplined execution of our strategy chief executive jon jayal said on july 14 the company said that despite inflationary pressures it expected revenue and profit to be ahead of market expectations at that time the company said the range of forecasts for 2022 was for revenue of between 955 million and 958 million with a consensus of 957million and adjusted pretax profit of 78 million shares in quixant at 0703 gmt were up 150 pence or 09 at 16450 pence