Travis Perkins posts “solid” first quarter results
Travis Perkins, the Northampton-based building and home improvements giant, has posted a healthy sales growth in its first quarter.
The firm saw turnover increase by 2.7%, boosted by a strong performance in its Contracts division, where sales grew by 12.1%.
John Carter, chief executive, said: "We delivered solid like-for-like sales growth in the first quarter, with volumes across the Group, as anticipated, broadly flat. Revenue growth reflected careful pricing activity to recover input cost inflation assisted by the new pricing ... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...
