Persimmon to create 50 jobs in Mansfield

Housebuilding giant Persimmon has revealed plans to open an office in Mansfield, creating 50 jobs.

The new office will open on 2 January.

A spokesperson for the company said: “Within a few years it is hoped the new region will build between 500-600 homes a year.”

In a trading update for the period 1 July to 1 November, Persimmon said trading after the EU Referendum was “encouraging”, with the number of customers visiting its sites remaining well ahead of last year.

Persimmon said that private sales rate in the period since it reported its half year results on 23 August 2016 has been 19% ahead of last year – a continuation of the stronger sales rate experienced through the summer weeks. The firm said it is now fully sold up for the current year and has around £757m of forward sales reserved beyond 2016, an increase of 4% on the same point last year.

The company is set to begin work on a brickworks factory in Doncaster which will be commissioned in the first quarter of 2017.