Taylor Wimpey up as it gets back to building

The price of shares in FTSE 100 housebuiler Taylor Wimpey (LON:TW.) increased by 2.14% to 162.15p (as of 11:55 BST) after the company provided an update on current operations. All employees have returned from furlough and construction work has resumed on the majority of the group’s projects. Management said that show homes and sales offices were seeing high demand for appointments and that there had been an increase in reservations over recent weeks.

While England and Wales are almost fully operational, Sites in Scotland are lagging behind due to differences in regional government guidance.