The FTSE 250 firm, which has a market capitalisation worth more than £4 billion, cheered a ‘strong’ performance for the half-year.

Balfour Beatty has boosted its targets as the construction firm’s “real momentum” defies wider gloom facing the sector.

The FTSE 250 firm, which has a market capitalisation worth more than £4 billion, cheered a ‘strong’ performance for the half-year.