Redrow revenue hits new record as housebuilder continues London exit September 14, 2022 Housebuilder Redrow’s revenue has climbed above pre-Covid-19 levels, as it continues its withdrawal from the London market. Revenue grew 10 per cent to a record £2.14bn in the year to 3 July. While profit before tax hit £246m, down from the £314m, it reported a year prior due to one-time fire safety costs of £164m. [...]
Thousands more homeowners to be refunded after ground rents doubled August 24, 2022 Press Association Thousands more homeowners who paid a doubled ground rent on their property will receive a refund after the competition watchdog cracked down on “unfair” leasehold practices. More than 5,000 households in the UK will be compensated after being caught in contracts that saw their ground rents double in price every 10 years. Many [...]
Grenfell Tower to host memorial service for fifth anniversary tomorrow June 13, 2022 Five years on from the Grenfell Tower fire, a memorial service will be hosted tomorrow at the base of the tower, followed by a silent walk in the evening. 72 people, including 18 children, lost their lives on 14 June 2017, in one of the UK’s worst disasters in modern times. The government has pledged [...]
Cladding repair bill hits £1.5bn as Redrow and Barratt latest builders to sign up to fire safety pledge April 6, 2022 The total cost for cladding works for the big nine listed housebuilders has hit £1.5bn, as London-listed firms sign up to a government fire safety pledge. According to analysis from AJ Bell, the country’s biggest builders are planning to set aside another £802m in total to tackle unsafe buildings in the wake of the Grenfell [...]
Redrow increases profit as order book hits £1.5bn February 10, 2022 Redrow, one of the UK’s largest house builders, has reported a 16.6 per cent increase in profit as the order book hit £1.5bn. In the 27 weeks to 2 January, the FTSE-250 group registered a record revenue of £1.052bn, with operating margins returning to normalised levels of around 19.5 per cent, one year ahead of [...]
London markets dip as investors pour out of housebuilders January 10, 2022 London markets dipped today driven by investors pouring out of housebuilders after the UK government signalled it will clamp down on them shunning fixing Britain’s cladding crisis. The capital’s premier FTSE 100 index closed 0.53 per cent lower at 7,445.25 points, while the mid-cap FTSE 250 index, which is more aligned to the health of [...]
Speedy Hire has the tools to grow with rising revenues and increased profits November 17, 2021 Speedy Hire is revelling in sustained strong trading performance and is set to deliver full-year results ahead of marketing expectations, as the construction rental equipment specialists looks to embrace the consumer market. The firm’s CEO, Russell Down, is looking to maximise the “untapped potential” of homeowners pursuing their own projects. It has now signed a [...]
Price of buying a home climbs three times as fast as building costs November 12, 2021 The cost of buying a Redrow home has increased nearly three times as fast as the cost of building one despite squeezes on supply chains, the company revealed today. Redrow said it was working with suppliers to make sure that it could keep building at the same pace as in the past, but that pressures [...]
London markets look to put soggy week behind them October 4, 2021 Investors will be looking to put what was a soggy end to last week behind them today and kick off a fresh week in positive fashion. The FTSE 100 tumbled 0.84 per cent to 7,027.07 points last Friday as markets sweated over the global economic recovery from the Covid-19 crisis stalling after Wall Street registered [...]
Redrow touts ‘record’ order book as revenue climbs towards pre-Covid levels September 15, 2021 Revenue at housebuilder Redrow has begun climbing towards pre-pandemic levels, as it touts a “record” order book after reinstating a dividend for loyal shareholders. Revenue hit £1.94bn in the year to 27 June, just eight per cent behind 2019, after it soared 45 per cent from 2020’s supressed figure. Profit before tax surged 124 per [...]