Engineering losses halve Briggs & Forrester profit

Briggs & Forrester Group saw pre-tax profit halve to £1.6m after suffering a £1.6m loss at its engineering services arm due to project delays and cost inflation.
The engineering services arm, which is the largest division within the group, has now been streamlined with operations rationalised from four to two regions: the South East and Western to bring significant overhead savings.
Across the Northamptonshire-based group revenue for the year remained stable at £229m.Group