Welcome to Building Value
Independence, integrity and insight are rare qualities and we prize them in our focus on building materials, real estate, construction and support services; and in the provision of advice and leadership in strategy, planning, corporate finance and communications to these key industries.
Its Chairman and founder, Tony Williams, has specialised in these industries and disciplines internationally for over 25 years in a portfolio career as investment banker and industrialist with leading companies such as UBS, Morgan Stanley, ING Barings and ABN AMRO. He was also a Director of Tarmac plc and has wide experience as a Non Executive Director.
This provides Building Value with a unique perspective and an ideal base from which to proffer insight, help and direction; and it does so from a Head Office in central London and a Scandinavian subsidiary in Sweden.
Building Value: it does just that
What's New
April 2012 - UK Housebuilding Sector in Q1: “a flash in the pan”
The Sector rose by a stupendous 25%; (£1.8 billion) in value in Q1 to reach £8.9 billion; and in 28 February hit £9.3 billion (both tallies are the highest since Q1 2008). However, we remain cautious and believe that there is too much capital employed chasing too few buyers - amid the economic torpor that is the UK right now. See Papers
April 2012 - Neil Young competition
The Q1 Housing Book contained a Neil Young quiz and we had a winner at 10.42 on the morning after posting (4 April). He was Ian Anderson, Joint Head of Corporate Banking at Commerzbank, and he claimed his repast prize on 17 April. We also had some worthy runners up: Keith Miller, Group CEO at Miller Group; Brigid Matthews, Company Secretary at SAS International; Steve McIntyre, Group Marketing Director at Speedy Hire; Jon Thornton, Chief Investment Officer at JTFM; and Neil Stothard, Group MD at VP. For the quiz answers See Papers (PDF format)
April 2012 - UK construction output: no springtime respite and a long wait until 2014
Experian, where Building Value is an advisor, says UK GDP will be only marginally positive this year (+0.6% and less than the OBR) and that UK construction output will fall by around to 4.5% in real terms (this is better than January's forecast due to some better news in RMI or repair, maintenance and improvement). Nor will there be any substantial recovery until 2014 when output will still be some 5% below its 2007 peak; and, there is real pain to be felt in public sector building. All numbers come with a health warning, too, given that the Eurozone problems have not gone away; plus both China and India appear to be less robust than thought.
Clients
Castlemead
Citigate Dewe Rogerson
CCF
CFR
Collinson Grant
Connaught
Countryside Properties
DKM
EMAP
Englefield Capital
Experian Group
Hamilton Recruitment
IFO
ikon Consultancy
Investec
Jasper Capital
Knauf
Mansell
Miller Group
Miller Homes
Prognosecenteret
Prosperity Minerals Holdings
Ridgeons Group
SAS International
STATS
UBM
Watts Group
Wienerberger
Zurich