STRUCTURAL steel and engineering group Billington Holdings said it had improved profits and turnover in the first half of the year and is expecting its full year figures to be better than expected.

Executive chairman Peter Hems said that the group, based in Wombwell, near Barnsley, saw pre-tax profit increase by 9.3% to £2.53m and turnover up 5.3% to £37.4m in the six months to June 30 but said that the company is not getting "too excited" about the performance because of the uncertainty of the longer term outlo......for the full story register now for free or login below...