Persimmon

Persimmon has reported a 17 per cent increase in completions of house sales in 2014 despite heightened industry fears over a cooling housing market. The York-based company reported a 23 per cent year-on-year rise in full-year revenue to £2.6 billion on Wednesday, slightly ahead of analyst estimates

Jeff Fairburn, Brigadier Bibby and the ex-soldiers Persimmon Homes has announced a recruitment drive to bring up to 500 ex-military personnel into the business.

Persimmon remains confident of delivering further growth in Group operating profits after encouraging levels of customer confidence in the UK housing market, it said today. Releases its third quarter Interim Management Statement, which covers the period from 1 July 2014 to 3 November 2014, the Group