Henry Brothers turnover down 30% following decision ‘not to pursue cut-price bids’
Turnover at the firm fell from £45.8m in 2014 to £33m in his latest accounts, but pre-tax profits showed only a slight fall from £1.2m to £978,744.
In a report filed with its accounts, directors at Henry Brothers said it sought out only high quality work and that it would not buckle to pressure to submit tenders at a low - and sometimes loss making - cost like some of its competitors had been forced to do to stay in business.
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Hide Ad“The directors have continued with the strategic decision not to pursue cut-price bids, despite the actions of many of the company’s competitors, who have continued to bid at unsustainable levels, resulting in negative margins,” the report said.
Henry Brother has worked across the commercial, defence, healthcare, education and industrial sectors.
It has, in the past, completed work on HMP Maghaberry, Omagh PSNI station, the listed Union Road Presbyterian Church in Magherafelt, Antrim Castle Gardens, Holywood Baptist Church and Lanyon Place in Belfast.
Deals across the water include a £12m contract to build a STEM lab at Loughborough University, West Acton Primary School in Ealing, London and a firearms training centre at Scotland’s Royal Navy headquarters - also the base of the government’s Trident missiles.
Staff members at the construction firm has also fallen from 173 to 158.