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Winvic profit falls a third after losses on two jobs

Construction Enquirer

Shed and multi-room building contractor Winvic saw pre-tax profits fall for the first time after two jobs secured before the pandemic ran into loss. Pre-tax profit nosedived a third to £10.5m Managing director Simon Girardier forecast that revenue would slip back next year to £950m as the economy slowed.

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Improve Cash Flow Forecasting with Autodesk Construction Cloud

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Without being able to accurately forecast cash flow, making important decisions about the future of your firm or projects is a risky venture at best. The challenge with forecasting is that it’s often a time-consuming process making sense of scattered data , various spreadsheets, and multiple disconnected processes or systems.

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Fire safety provisions push Durkan to £9.3m loss

Construction Enquirer

Group turnover of £132m (2021:£137.5m) fell short of initial forecasts for the year with delays to project start dates due to cost inflation pressures and programme movements. The strategy has not adversely impacted orders so far with work secured or at bidder stage totalling £385m. having been provided for future works.

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How Inventory Control Saves Construction Teams Resources

Construction Business Owner

It’s the careful balancing of stocking enough inventory to meet your construction company’s needs without unnecessarily tying up cash — is an essential component of keeping your business running profitably and productively. The better your inventory records are, the easier this process — and the more accurate your demand forecasting—will be.

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Kier whittles net debt down to £230m

Construction Enquirer

In a year-end trading statement, Kier said it had also managed to keep the order book above £10bn, with 85% of next year’s forecast revenue already secured. Andrew Davies, chief executive, said that despite inflationary pressures Kier would report revenue and profit in line with expectations in September. ”

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Monitoring Your Financial Position to Succeed in the Construction Industry

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Sometimes this erodes profit, but in some scenarios, it can mean losses or even worse. You know how much profit a project is making at the COMPLETION of the project. But you do not know how much profit a project is making on a month by month basis during the course of the project. Improved productivity.

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The Startup Construction Business Checklist: 3 Important Documents You Need to Have

Construction Marketing

This article outlines three important documents that you’ll need in order to start and run a profitable business. First of all, it’s a document you’ll find yourself constantly referring to as it contains key statistics, such as forecasted sales and company turnover. There are many different types of insurance in the United Kingdom.