The industry鈥檚 recovery has seen demand increase for the specialist contractor鈥檚 services

Francis Keenan

FK Group has posted a bumper 52% increase in turnover to 拢70.5m in its latest set of full-year results, up from 拢45.8m.

The Manchester-based firm also reported a 59% increase in pre-tax profit to 拢3.3m for the year to March 2016, up from 拢2.1m the previous year.

During the year the company opened its sixth office, in Newport, South Wales, and picked up 拢7m of work in the Middle East out of its Dubai office, including a 拢5m job on the city鈥檚 Al Maktoum International Airport, which is undergoing a 拢22bn expansion programme in preparation for hosting Expo 2020.

Francis Keenan, chief executive at FK Group said: 鈥淲ith confidence back and projects moving forward, the last twelve months have seen significant growth and we were prepared accordingly, ensuring we had the skills to deliver.鈥�

He added: 鈥淵ear on year, FK has continued to grow within the building envelope sector. We are preparing ourselves for challenging conditions after the recent referendum, but we are fortunate to have developed and maintained relationships with some of the industry鈥檚 biggest names, with whom we have a strong forward order book and defined long term pipeline.鈥�

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