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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Julia Kollewe

Housebuilder Vistry slashes profit forecasts as losses balloon

A partially built brick house in Windsor is covered in metal scaffolding under a blue sky
Construction work on former farmland at the Bovis Homes Windsor Arch site in Berkshire, southern England. Photograph: Maureen McLean/Alamy

Vistry Group, one of Britain’s biggest housebuilders, has cut its annual profit expectations after half-year losses ballooned as it grappled with a £600m pile of unsold homes.

Adam Daniel, the new chief executive of the Bovis Homes and Countryside owner, insisted “the issues can be fixed” as he set out a detailed turnaround plan that involves pulling out of private sales in south-east England and slimming operations to turn Vistry into a more focused, 12,000-homes-a-year builder.

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