Laing O’Rourke blames ‘Carillion factor’ as it looks to calm jitters over late-running accounts

By Dave Rogers2018-10-29T07:00:00

Firm says 2018 numbers won’t be ready until ‘Christmas at earliest’ – three months late

Laing O’Rourke has admitted it won’t file its overdue 2018 accounts until this Christmas at the earliest with the country’s biggest private contractor blaming “historic turbulence in the construction sector” for the delay.

Under Companies House rules, the firm was required to file its latest accounts, which cover the 12 month period up to the end of March 2018, by the end of last month.

But it has again missed the deadline – it filed its 2017 numbers more than five months late – and said the collapse of Carillion has meant auditors, banks and regulators are being extra vigilant over signing them off.

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