Identity verification specialist GB Group has hailed the "excellent strategic progress" it made during the first half of its financial year despite its profits being wiped out.
The Chester-based company employs around 1,200 people and works with the likes of Volvo, HSBC, eBay, John Lewis, ASOS, Lego, Santander and IBM.
It recently hit the headlines after takeover talks with a Chicago-based private equity firm were revealed in September. They came to an end at the start of October, however.