IT recruiter InterQuest has released unaudited half-year interim results.

Revenue increased by 39% to £53.5m , up from £38.6m in 2007, while gross profit grew by 42% to £8.1m, compared with £5.7m in 2007.

The chairman’s and chief executive’s statement said that the first half of 2008 had been a period of strong growth for the InterQuest Group, adding that the firm’s  established strategy of niche specialism within IT continued to deliver excellent trading results through successful investments in staff, training, brand profile and infrastructure.

Meanwhile, revenues have increased at multi-sector recruiter IntaPeople. The recruiter’s engineering and technical division recorded £1.1m in revenue for the year so far. 
 
Phil Handley, joint managing director of the Cardiff-based consultancy, said: “This year has seen tremendous growth of IntaPeople’s specialist technical and engineering sectors. We’ve been fortunate enough to secure business worth in-excess of £1.1m in the supply of highly skilled electrical engineers, design draughtsmen and stress engineers to one of the UK’s leading marine and naval support services.”