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Galliford Try PLC

28 July 2015

 



GALLIFORD TRY REACHES FINANCIAL CLOSE ON £48.5 MILLION PRIORITY SCHOOL BUILDING BATCH

Galliford Try, the housebuilding and construction group, announces that it has reached financial close with the Education Funding Agency for the £48.5 million North and North East Lincolnshire batch of schools in the Priority School Building Programme.

The batch includes two new secondary schools - The Vale Academy and Baysgarth School - as well as six new primary schools - Brumby Junior School, Burton-upon-Stather Primary School, Oasis Academy Henderson Avenue, Crosby Primary School, The Grange Primary School and Great Coates Primary School.

Greg Fitzgerald, Executive Chairman of Galliford Try, commented: "Reaching this agreement with the EFA marks another significant milestone for our business as we continue to make considerable progress in the education sector. We look forward to working with all the stakeholders involved to ensure these school buildings help provide a first class educational environment for the students of the region."

Galliford Try -                 Greg Fitzgerald, Executive Chairman                   01895 855001

                                     Graham Prothero, Finance Director

Notes to Editors

Galliford Try plc is a leading UK housebuilding and construction group. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and a member of the FTSE 250. The housebuilding business - through its Linden Homes brand - sells distinctive homes to the public and affordable homes to housing associations and local authority providers.  The construction business carries out building and infrastructure work across the UK with clients ranging from major Government departments through to regulated utilities and private sector companies. At the end of the financial year to 30 June 2014, the Group generated revenues of £1.8 billion. 

 

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