Recovering domestic market helps French giant Bouygues top pre-pandemic profit

By Dave Rogers2022-02-24T09:00:00

Firm helping build HS2 railway sees construction income up 7%

Bouygues, which is helping build part of the HS2 railway in the Chilterns, saw profit bounce back to pre-pandemic levels last year after being ravaged by lockdowns in 2020.

The French giant, whose £400m turnover UK business recently completed a cancer centre in London for UCLH, said operating profit was 1% up on the 2019 number to €1.7bn (£1.4bn) – a 39% rise on last year’s figure of €1.2bn (£1bn).

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