Kier

Kier Group has reported higher-than-expected profit and a record order book after a third consecutive year of revenue growth. For the year ended 30 June 2025, turnover rose 4 per cent to £4.08bn, compared with £3.91bn in 2024, £3.38bn in 2023 and £3.14bn in 2022. Pre-tax profit climbed 15 per…

Bowmer & Kirkland was the Department for Education’s (DfE) highest paid construction company for the fourth year in a row, Construction News can reveal. Figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act show that the Derbyshire-headquartered firm was paid £320.8m in the 2024/25 financial year - £57m ahead of the…

Strabag soared to the top spot in the August league tables thanks to a mammoth aqueduct job in the North West. The contractor scooped the £2.9bn job from United Utilities last month, which will see it upgrade six tunnel sections of the Haweswater Aqueduct. The aqueduct is a crucial artery…

From debt crisis to ‘government’s speed-dial contractor’ in six years – CN reflects on CEO’s legacy

The company that maintains and upgrades the M25 was the largest single supplier to National Highways in 2024-25, Construction News can reveal. It is the first time in four years that Costain has not been the client’s top supplier. Private finance initiative (PFI) company Connect Plus received £487m during the…

In a trading update this week, Kier announced it expects to see “good growth" going forward, “reflecting strong operational execution”. That optimism is a far cry from the financial nerves on display before Andrew Davies took over as chief executive in March 2019. Following an  announcement on Tuesday (22 July)…

Kier has secured a £139m contract from Severn Trent to upgrade the Wanlip Sewage Treatment Works in Leicestershire. The project, due to start in summer 2025 and complete in 2028, will expand the facility’s capacity to serve 750,000 residents. It will increase dry weather flow capacity by 24 per cent…

Kier expects to generate “good growth" this year following a “ramp up” of work in the water industry. The contractor – ranked third in the latest edition of the CN100 – revealed in a trading update today (22 July) that revenue and profit will be in line with its expectations…

Kier Group has announced that its chief executive Andrew Davies will retire on 31 October 2025. He will be succeeded the following day by Stuart Togwell, currently executive director and group managing director of construction. Davies joined Kier in 2019 and led the company through a major turnaround. When he…

Tier one contractor Kier has promoted Rebecca Boundy to managing director of clients and markets in its construction division. Boundy, who is promoted from her role as public sector director, has been with Kier since 2015 and now joins the business’s senior leadership team. She will lead a group of…