gb group plc said tuesday that pretax profit fell for the first half of fiscal 2022 after booking higher costs and that the board was confident of meeting its financial expectations for the remainder of the fiscal year the londonlisted identitydataintelligence specialist said that for the six months ended sept 30 pretax profit was 144 million pounds 192 million compared with gbp149 million for the first half of fiscal 2021 revenue rose to gbp1092 million from gbp1035 million in the yearprior period given the scale of opportunity ahead of us we will step up investment in people product and channeltomarket capacity in the second half when combined with an increase in travel and marketing spend following a period of covid19enforced limitations we anticipate operating margins will normalize and as a result the outlook for the second half of fiscal 2022 remains in line with the boards expectations for the enlarged business the company said shares at 0815 gmt were up 21 pence or 27 at 801 pence