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Persimmon is 鈥渨orking closely鈥� with its supply chain to manage costs after last week鈥檚 Budget, which saw taxes rise for many businesses.

In its Q3 trading update, the housebuilder said it remains 鈥渙ptimistic鈥� about its growth prospects despite uncertainty around future interest rate changes, and that it continued to 鈥渁ssess the implications of the recent Budget鈥�.

鈥淲e are seeing some signs of build cost inflation beginning to emerge in price negotiations for 2025 and are working closely with our supply chain to manage our costs, which will also be impacted by new building regulations and the employer national insurance increases announced in the recent Budget,鈥� it said.

Last week鈥檚 Budget saw the chancellor increase employers鈥� national insurance contributions by 1.2% to 15% from April 2025, and lift the national living wage by 6.7% to 拢12.21 an hour.

Persimmon said it would seek to mitigate the impact of cost increases through 鈥渞obust commercial controls and other management actions鈥�.

It also welcomed early announcements from the government around planning reform.

The trading update, which covers the period since 1 July, said the business was performing in line with expectations and was on track to grow its completions for the year to around 10,500, compared to 9,922 in 2023.

During the third quarter Persimmon delivered 1,416 homes including a 3% increase in private homes.

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Dean Finch, group chief executive, said: 鈥淧ositive momentum in the business continued over the summer months and we remain on track to deliver growth in completions to c.10,500 for the full year.

鈥淰isitor numbers and enquiries remain strong and sales rates continue to be well ahead of the prior year. Our forward order book is up 17% on the prior year with the private average selling price robust.鈥�