Housebuilder Persimmon will reopen its sales sites to potential buyers tomorrow on Friday 15 May, beating rival Taylor Wimpey’s planned reopening date of 22 May. Persimmon, which did not furlough any of its staff and kept them on full pay, said that all its show homes and sales sites would reopen with ‘strict’ social distancing … Read more
‘I have set up a charity’, insists former Persimmon boss Jeff Fairburn (but he won’t say how much of his £82m bonus he’s given away) By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:39 BST, 14 January 2020 | Updated: 08:51 BST, 15 January 2020 The former Persimmon boss ousted over his ‘obscene’ £82m bonus … Read more
Persimmon and Bellway down tools and halt dividend as row rages about whether construction should continue during lockdown By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 GMT, 25 March 2020 | Updated: 21:54 GMT, 25 March 2020 Persimmon and Bellway have told workers to down tools as a row rages about whether construction should … Read more
Persimmon starts ‘orderly shutdown’ of its construction sites, bans most face-to-face meetings with homeowners and axes a dividend Housebuilder warns it faces a ‘material slowdown’ in new sales Interim dividend for shareholders in axed, but final dividend is postponed Sales sites shut from Thursday and face-to-face contact with customers cut By Jane Denton For Thisismoney … Read more