Bellway plc announced, at Annual General Meeting, held on December 13, 2016, the Trading Update relating to the 18 week period from August 01, 2016 to December 04, 2016. The company reported strong sales performance with a 7% increase in the reservation rate to 176 per week.

The Board now expects that the Group should be able to deliver volume growth of around 5%, assuming customer confidence is maintained and there follows the usual seasonal rise in demand throughout the forthcoming Spring selling season.