Travis Perkins halts sale of plumbing and heating unit amid ‘unprecedented’ uncertainty October 22, 2019 Travis Perkins has put the sale of its plumbing and heating business on hold due to an “unprecedented level of uncertainty” in the market. The building materials distributor had decided to tell the unit last December in a bid to simplify and cut costs. Read more: Travis Perkins confirms plans to demerge Wickes But the [...]
Like a brick: SIG shares drop as profit warning sends ripples through construction industry October 7, 2019 Building materials firm SIG shares tumbled 15 per cent this morning as it warned profits would be “significantly lower” than last year, amid languishing construction markets in the UK and Germany. SIG’s warning set alarm bells ringing across the industry as it said a “deterioration in trading conditions” had worsened in recent weeks. Read more: [...]
UK construction activity suffers ‘devastating’ drop as Brexit kills demand October 2, 2019 UK construction activity fell at the second-fastest rate since the financial crisis in September, a closely-followed survey of the industry showed today. Read more: Job losses mount as Brexit fears hit UK manufacturing A historically steep drop in new orders led to firms trimming employment at their fastest pace since the end of 2010, according [...]
British Land gets green light for ‘exciting’ £3.3bn Canada Water town centre makeover October 1, 2019 A major south London commuter hub is set to get a £3.3bn face lift over the next 15 years, after Southwark Council granted planning permission last night for a new town centre in Canada Water. The scheme, drawn up by property giant British Land, will create 3,000 homes and accommodate 20,000 jobs. Developers hope it [...]
Galliford Try sees profits sink amid Bovis Homes sale talks September 11, 2019 Galliford Try suffered a 27 per cent slump in profits in its latest financial year, it revealed today, a day after it restarted talks to sell its housebuilding arm to Bovis Homes for £1.1bn. Read more: Galliford Try’s share price rockets as it targets £1.1bn Bovis Homes sale The figures Pre-tax profits crashed 27 per [...]
Mace breaks £2bn revenue barrier but profit slumps September 3, 2019 Construction firm Mace has surpassed the £2bn annual revenue mark in 2018 for the first time in its history, but also suffered a drop in profit because of challenges on some of its projects. The firm, which was in charge of building Tottenham Hotspur’s new football stadium and is contracted to build the new HS2 [...]
Construction industry output ‘drops like a brick’ to a decade low September 3, 2019 Britain’s construction industry suffered its sharpest decline in new work in more than a decade last month, as economic uncertainty hampered decision making among customers. New orders slumped at their worst rate since March 2009, according to closely-followed industry barometer the IHS Markit Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), which read just 40 for the category where [...]
JCB charges ahead with ‘historic’ electric digger August 20, 2019 JCB marked an “historic moment” in digger manufacturing today, as its new electric version of the iconic yellow digger rolled off the production line. The firm is moving into full production with the construction industry’s first fully electric mini excavator, with 50 machines already having gone out to customers around the world. Read more: JCB [...]
UK construction sector suffers ‘disastrous’ blow as downturn deepens August 2, 2019 The UK’s construction industry activity sank for the fifth time in six months in July as economists all but ruled out a swift turnaround, a closely-followed measure of sector activity revealed today. Output fell for the third month in a row in July, according to IHS Markit’s UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), leaving the [...]
Construction market ‘patience wearing thin’ with Brexit uncertainty July 18, 2019 London’s construction market appears to be losing patience with Brexit uncertainty, as output growth gains speed and workload expectations gather pace for the year ahead. According to a quarterly industry survey by RICS, 14 per cent more respondents reported an increase in construction workloads across London in the second three months of 2019. This is [...]