Irish contractor says UK growth helped firm up margins last year
Sisk’s UK business turned over more than €1bn last year as the firm hailed “significant growth” outside its traditional Irish heartland.
The UK business, whose jobs the past year have included carrying out work to expand Manchester City’s Etihad stadium, divert the A59 road around a landslip blackspot at Blubberhouses in North Yorkshire as well as its ongoing residential work at Wembley Park, saw revenue jump 18% to €1bn (£850m).
The firm said: “The UK was a significant growth market for Sisk in 2025, driven by activity across residential, commercial, infrastructure and specialist rail services.”
The UK was the major growth area for the Irish firm with group turnover falling 5% to €2.6bn (£2.2bn) after revenue at Ireland fell 12% to €1.38bn (£1.18bn) and turnover from its Europe business, which includes Germany and Belgium and focusses on data centres, slipping 26% to €243m (£208m).
But the firm improved pre-tax profit 28% to €74m (£63m) and chief executive Paul Brown said: “We experienced increased profitability, improved margins, and continued to strengthen our market positioning in our key market sectors while maintaining a disciplined approach to growth and investment.
“Our performance in the year reflects the quality of our order book, the expertise of our teams and the consistent focus across the business on disciplined growth, innovative delivery excellence and a focus on improving our quality of earnings.”
The firm said that a “significant proportion of planned activity for 2026 is already secured and underway”. It said that its current order stood at €7.2bn (£6.2bn).
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