Director dealings: Social Housing chair invests, Costain CFO associate sells share
18th Jun 2026 11:50
(Sharecast News) - Among the director dealings disclosed to the market in London on Monday involved Social Housing REIT, whose chair Jonathan Short and a person closely associated with Benedict Green bought shares in the company, while Costain reported a share sale by a person closely associated with finance chief Helen Willis.
Read moreCostain secures place on TfL infrastructure framework
9th Jun 2026 10:59
(Sharecast News) - Costain said on Tuesday that it has been selected by Transport for London as one of three contractors on its Infrastructure Improvement Framework, which is valued at £700m.
Read moreCostain secures contract to design and build new M5 junction
27th Jan 2026 08:14
(Sharecast News) - Construction engineering firm Costain has secured a contract to design and build a new junction on the M5, known as junction 22A.
Read moreCostain to boost dividend, reiterates outlook
26th Jan 2026 08:09
(Sharecast News) - Shares in Costain Group sparked on Monday, after the construction and engineering group outlined plans to ramp up dividend payouts as it reiterated full-year guidance.
Read moreCostain secures five-year extension to EDF contract
18th Nov 2025 10:03
(Sharecast News) - Costain announced on Tuesday that it had secured a five-year extension to its long-running project controls contract with EDF, a deal worth £75m that would see the engineering group continue supporting operations across the French utility's eight UK nuclear power stations through to 2030.
Read moreCostain secures £1bn contract with Sellafield
13th Oct 2025 07:53
(Sharecast News) - Costain announced on Monday that it has been selected by Sellafield as its utilities delivery partner, a major part of Sellafield's Infrastructure Delivery Partnership (IDP), in a contract worth up to £1bn.
Read moreCostain shares tank as first-half revenues drop 18%
20th Aug 2025 08:12
(Sharecast News) - Shares in Costain plummeted on Wednesday despite the construction and engineering firm hiking its dividend, as revenues in the first half dropped by almost a fifth.
Read moreCostain launches £10m share buyback
16th Jun 2025 07:33
(Sharecast News) - Construction and engineering firm Costain announced a £10.0m on-market share buyback programme on Monday as it confirmed that trading has remained in line with internal expectations so far in H1.
Read moreCostain refinances bank and bonding facilities
28th May 2025 07:13
(Sharecast News) - Construction and engineering firm Costain said on Wednesday that it has successfully refinanced its bank and bonding facilities.
Read moreCostain trading in line with expectations
15th May 2025 09:38
(Sharecast News) - Construction group Costain said on Thursday that trading from 1 January to date has been in line with board expectations, with further contract wins in growth markets.
Read moreCostain selected as delivery partner for Urenco at Capenhurst
20th Mar 2025 09:06
(Sharecast News) - Costain Group announced on Thursday that it has been selected as the programme delivery partner for Urenco's infrastructure investment at its Capenhurst site in Cheshire.
Read moreCostain doubles dividend as FY profit comes in at top end of expectations
11th Mar 2025 09:38
(Sharecast News) - Construction engineering firm Costain surged on Tuesday as it reported full-year profit at the upper end of expectations, doubled its dividend and hailed record growth in its forward work position.
Read moreBerenberg starts Costain at 'buy'
14th Feb 2025 07:47
(Sharecast News) - Berenberg initiated coverage of construction and engineering group Costain on Friday with a 'buy' rating and 140p price target.
Read moreCostain FY24 trading 'positive', operating profits seen in line with consensus
27th Jan 2025 08:08
(Sharecast News) - Construction firm Costain said on Monday that trading had been "positive" in FY24, with adjusted operating profits expected to be in line with market expectations of £41.9m-43.3m.
Read moreCostain and Siemens Mobility JV secures £300m HS2 systems contract
19th Dec 2024 07:49
(Sharecast News) - Costain said on Thursday that its 50/50 joint venture with Siemens Mobility had secured a contract to deliver high voltage power supply systems for the HS2 project throughout the 225km route from Birmingham to London.
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