Pre-tax profit fell by 15%

Profit and revenue at Kingspan both dipped in the first half of 2020, the firm鈥檚 latest financial results show.

Pre-tax profit fell 15% compared to the same period last year, with the material鈥檚 firm posting a profit of 鈧178m (拢157m) in the first half of this year, down from 鈧209m (拢185m) in 2019. 

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Revenue fell to 鈧2.07bn (拢1.8bn) from 鈧2.2bn (拢2bn) in the same period - a drop of 8%.

Despite the dips the firm said it was pleased with how it had handled the covid-19 pandemic.

Chief executive Gene Murtagh said: 鈥淜ingspan has delivered a resilient first-half result in a period of unparalleled challenges.

鈥淧erformance has varied substantially from region to region depending on the severity and length of government restrictions, and been helped by our rapid introduction of cost containment measures.鈥

The group鈥檚 trading margin was 9.7%, a decrease of 60 basis points versus the same period in 2019.