Howdens has almost 800 depots in the UK and also operates in France and the Irish Republic
(Picture: Howdens press picture)Revenue and profit at Howdens jumped past pre-Covid levels for the first half of its financial year and the UK’s biggest supplier of kitchens to the building trade upped its assessment of the size of its home market.
Its shares topped the FTSE 100 leaderboard on Thursday, up 2.8% to 647p. The company reported an 86% rise in interim profit of £145 million compared with 2019, before the pandemic struck, a rise of 22% from the same period a year ago. Revenue reached £913 million, up 40% from 2019 and 16% year-on-year.
