Billington Holdings has reported a rise in revenue and profits in its results for the six months ended 30 June 2017.

The steelwork contractor's Group revenue rose 26.8% to £34.29 million (2016; £27.05m) while profit before tax increased 28.7% from £1.74m last year to £2.24m in 2017.

In addition, the company has a strong forward order book, which includes a large number of major contracts in its pipeline.

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Work is now underway to expand Billington's Shafton site, which includes installing new machinery to increase the processing and fabrication capacity at the site.

Chief Executive Mark Smith said: "It is a pleasure to report a strong set of Interim Results, which have further improved from the 2016 results. This highlights the progressive performance across the Group delivering a diverse range of significant, high-quality contracts.

"The Company's growth strategy remains on track with progress continuing to be made at Shafton. The Group is beginning to realise the benefits of the increased in-house capacity.

"2017 is shaping up to be a very productive year, supported by the hard work of all divisions across the Group, and Billington expects an equally optimistic second half of the year."

(LM/MH)