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Vistry to resume dividends after housebuilder reports strong 2020 performance January 12, 2021 Vistry has announced it will resume dividend payouts after a strong second half performance, with the housebuilder expected to report 2020 profit of around £140m. The FTSE 250 developer said this morning that it is planning a “modest” final dividend when it announces its full-year results next month. The company said the decision to resume [...]
The week ahead, 11-15 January: FTSE housebuilders, Asos, Tesco and UK GDP January 10, 2021 London’s markets started the new year in a frenzy last week, picking up over five per cent and closing the gap on their counterparts around the world. This week is set to be a busy one for the FTSE, with a raft of companies due to provide updates, as well as key economic data in [...]
Housebuilder Vistry to reinstate dividend due to strong sales November 12, 2020 Vistry Group is planning to resume shareholder payouts next year as the housebuilder said demand for new homes had remained strong despite the second England-wide lockdown. Vistry, which was previously known as Bovis Homes, said it is on track to report full-year profit before tax at the top end of its expected range of £130m [...]
Persimmon to pay extra dividend on back of ‘robust’ summer performance November 10, 2020 Housebuilder Persimmon today announced that it would pay an interim dividend of 70p per share in December after fending off the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic. The extra payout comes on top of a 40p per share dividend paid in September, and means that the company will have fully replaced its previously delayed 110p per [...]
Vistry Group’s forward sales boom following first-half loss September 8, 2020 Vistry Group swung to a pre-tax loss in the first half of the year but said it expected sales to bounce back in the aftermath of the coronavirus lockdown. The figures Vistry Group posted revenue of £606.4m in the six months to the end of June, up 28 per cent on the same period last [...]
Persimmon’s first-half profit slumps before market rebound August 18, 2020 Housebuilder Persimmon’s pre-tax profit tumbled 42 per cent in the first half of the year, but the company said it had had an “excellent start” to the second half as market sentiment improved. The figures Persimmon’s profit before tax fell 42 per cent to £292.4m in the six months ending 30 June, down from £509.3m [...]
Coronavirus: Herefordshire farm locked down after 73 cases confirmed July 13, 2020 A farm in Herefordshire has been locked down after 73 of its workers tested positive for coronavirus, it was announced yesterday. Public Health England and Herefordshire council said that up to 200 employees at the farm had been asked to self-isolate due to the outbreak at vegetable producers AS Green and Co. Workers at the [...]
London house prices flatline amid coronavirus uncertainty July 10, 2020 London house prices stayed flat in the second quarter of this year as coronavirus took an uneven toll on the property market across the country, according to new figures. The Halifax house price index on Tuesday showed that UK house prices fell for the fourth month in a row in June. That meant house prices [...]
FTSE 100 falls as coronavirus cases overshadow Sunak stimulus July 9, 2020 The FTSE 100 lost one and a half per cent today as fears over a continued rise in coronavirus cases offset chancellor Rishi Sunak’s £30bn of extra financial firepower. The UK index initially barely moved after yesterday’s 0.55 per cent drop, which left it at 6,156 points. By 4pm today the FTSE 100 had fallen [...]
Housebuilders Persimmon and Vistry report growing customer demand post-lockdown July 9, 2020 UK housebuilders Persimmon and Vistry this morning reported a boost in customer demand since reopening sales offices after months at a standstill during the coronavirus lockdown. Persimmon said demand was “positive”, with reservations up 30 per cent year on year. The FTSE 100 firm’s share price jumped more than six per cent following the announcement. [...]