Stocks struggle amid oil, bond price volatility Investors weighed developments in the US-China summit and kept a watchful eye on elevated bond yields and oil prices. Evening Standard · Sep 24
Vistry is the laggard in a housebuilding sector full of cracks Group shrinks ambitions from 20,000 to just 12,000 homes a year in an attempt to balance the books The Guardian - UK · Sep 24
UK housebuilder Vistry cuts jobs and downsizes following £661m loss The troubled construction firm will withdraw entirely from private home sales across the South East The Independent UK · Sep 24
Housebuilder Vistry slashes profit forecasts as losses balloon Firm unveils further cost-cutting plan including job losses, blaming poor summer sales of private homes The Guardian - UK · Sep 24
Vistry cutting jobs and more than halving regional network after hefty losses The builder reported pre-tax losses of £661.3 million for the six months to June 30, against profits of £40.9 million a year earlier. Evening Standard · Sep 24
Melrose soars and stocks climb as oil price cools The FTSE 100 Index closed up 31.84 points at 10,886.16. Evening Standard · Aug 25
FTSE 100 ends lower as oil price pushes higher The FTSE 100 index closed down 38.59 points, 0.4%, at 10,862.50. Evening Standard · Aug 10
Stocks down and oil up as Donald Trump declares Iran ceasefire over The FTSE 100 closed down 176.84 points. Evening Standard · Jul 8
Housebuilder Vistry warns of losses amid heavy discounting on unsold homes Group blames expected £30m loss in first half of year on weakening market and lower consumer confidence The Guardian - UK · Jul 8
Vistry shares plunge on warning over first-half losses The housebuilder said it was now set to tumble to a loss of around £30 million in the first half of the year. Evening Standard · Jul 8
UK housebuilders face class action suit over alleged collusion to inflate prices Law firms seek up to £4.5bn on behalf of 700,000 buyers of new-build homes The Guardian - UK · Jun 30
FTSE 100 struggles despite US-Iran deal progress The index closed down 41.10 points at 10,430.62. Evening Standard · Jun 15
UK housebuilder Vistry warns of ‘significantly’ lower profits amid Iran war uncertainty Bovis Homes owner’s shares plunge 10.5% after being forced to cut prices as buyers become cautious The Guardian - UK · May 13
Vistry cautions over steep fall in half-year profits The housebuilder is also seeing materials and labour costs rise as the Middle East conflict takes its toll on the sector. Evening Standard · May 13
Evening Standard · Apr 13 Vistry promotes Adam Daniels to top job after speedy search The group said last month that former boss Greg Fitzgerald was retiring and that the business would be splitting his executive chairman role.
Evening Standard · Mar 4 Stocks recoup some lost ground as oil price cools With the Middle East crisis entering its fifth day, the oil price cooled a touch.
Evening Standard · Mar 4 Bosses at housebuilders Barratt Redrow and Vistry set to retire Leicestershire-based Barratt Redrow said on Wednesday that David Thomas is set to step down as chief executive of the company after 11 years.
Evening Standard · Jan 15 Taylor nudges down annual earnings forecast after budget uncertainty hit sales The builder said it now expects operating profit of around £420 million for 2025, down from guidance for around £424 million in November.
Evening Standard · Jan 14 House sales slump at Vistry after budget uncertainty drives ‘subdued market’ The FTSE 250 company reported that total home completions dropped by almost 9% to around 15,700 in the year to December 31.
Evening Standard · Jan 9 Housebuilders in focus as firms set to reveal figures amid sluggish market Persimmon is due to publish a full-year trading statement on Tuesday January 13, with Vistry and Taylor Wimpey reporting later this week.
The Independent UK · Nov 24, 2025 FTSE 100 eases as EU leaders weigh Ukraine deal The FTSE 100 index closed down 4.80 points, 0.1%, at 9,534.91.
The Guardian - UK · Nov 9, 2025 Developers met ministers dozens of times over planning bill while ecologists were shut out Exclusive: Leading ecologists say warnings over threat to wildlife have been ignored in drive to build 1.5m new homes
The Guardian - UK · Oct 19, 2025 Developers encroach on 2,000-year-old Devon wetland citing ‘blockages’ to Labour’s housing plans According to planning conditions, Wolborough Fen in Newton Abbot must be protected as groundworks are prepared for 1,200 homes
Evening Standard · Sep 10, 2025 FTSE 100 closes lower as geopolitical issues worry investors Nato fighter jets shot down Russian drones over Polish airspace for the first time.
The Guardian - UK · Sep 10, 2025 Housebuilder Vistry’s profits more than halve amid economic uncertainty Fall to £40.9m in first six months of year pushes share price down, with order book lower than year ago