Second 9.5% rise due in July
Brickwork firm Michelmersh has said it will be introducing another 9.5% price rise this summer to deal with soaring energy costs.
The firm hiked prices by the same amount in January and has already told customers another rise is on the way this July.
Joint chief executive Frank Hanna said: “Energy prices have yet to settle, everything is in a state of flux. It should in theory improve and we have been through this before. But you can’t legislate for world events and things happen [such as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine] that affect energy prices.”
The firm said demand was strong from its core RMI and social housing markets while commercial work was also coming back from the hit it took during the pandemic.
Hanna added: “We are dealing with architects and designers and there’s a lot of nice schemes about. But it’s difficult to get a clearer picture of commercial over the next 24 months. We’ll have to see how the change in working practices washes through.”
Yesterday the firm said revenue was back above pre-pandemic levels with the company posting income of close to £60m last year.
The AIM-listed business said its turnover of £59.5m was up 11% on 2019’s figure and 14% more than the lockdown-affected 2020. Pre-tax profit last year was up 41% to £9.7m although the number was still nearly 7% down on the £10.4m it posted in 2019.
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