Keller's interim profit will be up on previous figure

Keller reports that demand in most of its markets remains good, adding that when the group’s interim results are published they will be “ahead of last year’s strong first half”.

In a trading update, chief executive Justin Atkinson said that the full first half’s performance reflects Keller’s “robust business model which underpins our confidence in the group’s prospects.”

Atkinson offered a more detailed review of the first five of the six-month period and in this spell Keller’s turnover, operating profit and orders were all ahead of the same period last year.