THE husband-and-wife team behind recruitment firm CPL Resources were nearly €20 million richer last night after selling part of their stake in the company.

Recruitment group CPL rose 25c to €4.00 today, almost 7%, following the reports this morning of pre-tax profits of €4.6m for the six months to the end of December, up 79% on the same period a year earlier.

Recruitment group CPL has reported pre-tax profits of €4.6m for the six months to the end of December, up 79% on the same period a year earlier.

ISEQ-listed recruitment company CPL Resources has announced pre-tax profits of €5.4m for the year ended June 30, 2005, up 112% on the figure for 2004 (€2.6m).