Pre-tax profits at recruitment group CPL more than doubled to €2.4m in the six months to the end of December, boosted by increased demand in the IT, telecoms and finance sectors.
Turnover was up 43% to €49.6m, while earnings per share rose from 2.1 cent to 5.5 cent.
CPL said costs had jumped by 37% to €6.9m, because of the need to adjust to growth in the business, but it said it now had 'surplus capacity' which would allow it to further increase activity without a proportionate rise in overheads.
An interim dividend of 0.8 cent is to be paid. CPL shares were up nine cent at to €1.60 by lunchtime in Dublin.
