Search Results: 'Persimmon'

Future growth relies on unity
18 August, 2014
Dave Hopkins, director, Wood for Good, says timber’s LCA benefits must be articulated to customers.

Construction outlook brightest since 2007
17 April, 2014
Construction firms have reported the brightest outlook for activity in the UK since January 2007, according to a new report on the building industry.

Persimmon profits up 49%, Space4 factory output up 27%
25 February, 2014
National housebuilder Persimmon plc has reported a 49% boost in annual underlying pre-tax profits to £330m (2012: £222m) and says it is increasing production at its Space4 timber frame factory.

Persimmon responds to housing sales boost with more timber frame
08 November, 2013
National housebuilder Persimmon says its Space4 timber frame factory is helping the company to respond to growth in the new build housing market.

SR Timber tops off award success
13 July, 2013
More than a third of the winning sites in the NHBC Pride in the Job Quality Awards for the West region featured SR Timber’s Vacsol Premium Gold roofing battens.

Travis Perkins promoted to FTSE 100 index
18 June, 2013
Travis Perkins has made it onto the FTSE 100 index for the first time.

Help to Buy scheme boosts housebuilding
07 June, 2013
The government’s Help to Buy scheme is off to a flying start with around 4,000 using the scheme to reserve new homes in just two months, according to the Home Builders Federation (HBF).

Truss firms opens second factory
31 May, 2013
Engineered timber products manufacturer Robinson Manufacturing has opened a new factory dedicated to roof trusses and spandrel panels.

Gathering momentum
23 March, 2013
Roof truss giant Pasquill has several new initiatives on the go to bolster its roof product offering. Stephen Powney reports

Trussed rafter sector urged to grasp low carbon opportunity
23 March, 2013
Zero Carbon Hub director Rob Pannell told TRA members that it was "probably" too late for the government's 2016 zero carbon homes target to be achieved.

Persimmon reports “encouraging” start to 2013
26 February, 2013
National housebuilder Persimmon has reported a 52% growth in annual pre-tax profits to £225.1m (2011: £148.1m) and an “encouraging” start to 2013.

Persimmon records 9% rise in new home completions
09 January, 2013
National housebuilder Persimmon plc has reported a 9% growth in annual legal completions of new homes and anticipates further growth in the number of sites it is selling from.

Government prompt payment move needs teeth
26 November, 2012
The timber trade has greeted the business minister’s threat to name and shame major companies that don’t sign up to its Prompt Payment Code, including big names in construction, with a cautious welcome and a measure of cynicism.

Housebuilders report improved forward sales
19 November, 2012
Three of the UK’s largest housebuilders – Persimmon, Barratt Developments and Taylor Wimpey – have released upbeat interim statements.

Persimmon snaps up rival
10 October, 2012
The first large deal in the housebuilding sector for five years could signal an upturn for housebuilding, analysts predict.

Persimmon in 65% profits boost
29 August, 2012
More profit growth from national housebuilders was reported yesterday with Persimmon announcing a 65% boost to underlying pre-tax profits to £98.7m in the first half of 2012.

Persimmon banks on land investment
05 July, 2012
Housebuilder Persimmon reported increased sales and completions during the first half of the year, with turnover up 13% and average house prices up 7%.

The ties that bind
31 March, 2012
Irish sawmills have always had strong links with the UK market and now those ties are more important than ever.

Self-build and eco-homes ease timber frame pressure
03 March, 2012
Social housing cuts are hitting timber frame, but other markets offer some relief and suppliers are still optimistic about longer-term prospects

First whispers of green shoots
03 March, 2012
The timber industry has reasons to be optimistic, says Mike Jeffree