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Barratt Developments PLC 55th anniversary on the London Stock Exchange

Thank you to London Stock Exchange and Julia Hoggett for hosting us for Friday's market closing ceremony to mark Barratt Developments PLC 55th anniversary on the exchange and to mark the milestone with some of our key corporate stakeholders.

In 1968, 10 years after Sir Lawrie Barratt established the company we were building around 500 homes a year, with an annual turnover of around £800,000 –...

Posted: Fri, 24 Nov 2023 18:10

Tags: Barratt Redrow PLC

2023 NextGeneration Innovation Award for the industry-leading eHome2 project

Congratulations to our Innovation and Sustainability teams for receiving the 2023 NextGeneration Innovation Award for the industry-leading eHome2 project, creating a blueprint for zero carbon housing at scale that can cope with future extreme climates.

Posted: Thu, 19 Oct 2023 09:00

Tags: Awards, Barratt Redrow PLC, Innovation, Sustainability

Barratt Developments PLC (the ‘Group’) is today issuing a trading update for the period from 1 July 2023 to 8 October 2023 (the ‘period’). All comparatives are to the equivalent trading period1 (‘FY23’) unless otherwise stated.

David Thomas, Chief Executive commented:

"We have continued to trade in line with the expectations set out in our announcement in September. The trading environment remains difficult, with potential homebuyers still facing mortgage challenges. Against this backdrop, we are focused on driving revenue whilst continuing to manage build activity and carefully control our cost base. As always, we remain...

Posted: Wed, 18 Oct 2023 09:00

Tags: Barratt Redrow PLC, Trading Update

World Mental Health Day

With two construction workers taking their own life every working day, on World Mental Health Day we want to help raise awareness and overcome the stigma of talking about mental health problems within the construction industry.

As the country's largest housebuilder, we have a responsibility to support everyone on this – both employees and people across the building industry.

Which is why with our...

Posted: Tue, 10 Oct 2023 09:00

Tags: Barratt Redrow PLC, Home Builders Federation, Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity, World Mental Health Day

Barratt Developments PLC to increase biodiversity by at least 10% across all of our new developments from January this year

As the country's leading national sustainable housebuilder, we care about the environment and want to help give nature a home on our developments.

This is why we took an industry-leading position to increase biodiversity, known as Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG), by at least 10% across all of our new developments from January this year.

This was significantly ahead of government regulation designed to ensure...

Posted: Thu, 28 Sep 2023 08:58

Tags: BNG, Barratt Redrow PLC, biodiversity

Final Results for the year ended 30 June 2023

STRONG PERFORMANCE, WELL POSITIONED FOR AN UNCERTAIN TRADING BACKDROP IN FY24

Commenting on the full year results David Thomas, Chief Executive of Barratt Developments PLC said:

"We have delivered a strong operational performance in a challenging operating environment. Customers continue to face cost of living and mortgage affordability challenges, and new developments are increasingly constrained by...

Posted: Thu, 7 Sep 2023 16:30

Tags: Barratt Redrow PLC

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak visits our Hayes Village development in West London

We were pleased to have hosted UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at our Hayes Village development in West London yesterday.

The Prime Minister met customers and members of our site team as he toured the development, before announcing a new £200 million fund for development of brownfield areas in the capital.

Hayes Village is due for overall completion in 2028, and will eventually see 1,500 homes set...

Posted: Fri, 28 Jul 2023 16:00

Tags: Barratt Redrow PLC, Prime Minister, West London

Barratt Developments PLC (the ‘Group’) is today issuing a trading update for the year ended 30 June 2023 (the ‘year’ and ‘FY23’) ahead of publication of its annual results on 6 September 2023.

David Thomas, Chief Executive, commented:

"During a year of economic and political uncertainty, we have delivered a strong operational and financial performance, while maintaining our industry-leading quality, customer service and sustainability credentials.

Whilst the trading backdrop has become more challenging in recent months, with many of our customers facing significant cost of living pressures,...

Posted: Thu, 13 Jul 2023 15:00

Tags: Barratt Redrow PLC, Trading Update

David Thomas, our chief executive and chair of the Future Homes Hub, joined the second meeting of the Net Zero Council this week

David Thomas, our chief executive and chair of the Future Homes Hub, joined the second meeting of the Net Zero Council this week, chaired by Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (ESNZ) Minister Graham Stuart and Co-Op chief executive Shirine Khoury-Haq.

The Net Zero Council brings Government together with business and finance leaders to support the UK's transition to net zero, building plans...

Posted: Tue, 11 Jul 2023 17:40

Tags: Barratt, Future Homes Hub, Net Zero Council, energy efficient homes

Development of the Year award for Energy House 2.0

A great win for one of the most innovative and important R&D projects around - eHome2 at Energy House 2.0. Well done to Barratt's Innovation team, Saint-Gobain and the University of Salford.

Energy House 2.0 has captured the world's attention, with over 1,000 pieces of media coverage across the world and over 1,000 visitors and counting...

Posted: Thu, 6 Jul 2023 15:12

Tags: Awards, Barratt, Innovation, climatechange, energy