Vistry banks on partnerships to ride out private sales drop

Vistry Group is counting on its acquisition of Countryside Partnerships to drive growth in the year ahead.
Chief executive Greg Fitzgerald said that strengthening Vistry’s partnerships housing business with the Countryside purchase had created a less cyclical and more resilient business.
In a end of year trading update this morning, Fitzgerald said Vistry started the new financial year with forward sales totalling £4.6bn (31 Dec 2021: £2.7bn), including £3.6bn for the new