Housebuilding group Abbey says on course for a good year

Housebuilding group Abbey said trading in the last few months has been good with overall activity across the group running ahead of last year.

Chairman Charles Gallagher told the company’s annual meeting the company was “on course for a good year”.

He said that its business in southern England had been “particularly buoyant”, supported by the UK government’s “help to buy” programme. Meanwhile, its development in Lucan, Co Dublin was going well and ...