Galliford Try profit jumps a third to £16m in first-half

Galliford Try has reported strong growth in revenue and profit in the first half after it reaped the rewards of strong risk management across the business.
Growth at both infrastructure and building divisions lifted revenue 21% to £819m. This improvement generated a 33% uplift in pre-tax profit to £15.6m, before costs associated with upgrades to the company’s computing system.
The improvement saw divisional operating margin edge up by two percentage points to 2.5%, putting Gall