Operator
Good morning, women and gents, and welcome to the Breedon Group plc Annual Outcomes Investor Presentation. (Operator Directions) Earlier than we start, we would prefer to submit the next ballot, and I am certain the corporate can be most grateful to your participation. And the corporate would now prefer to share a replica of the presentation.
Rob Wooden
CEO & Govt Director
Good morning, all people, and welcome to Breedon’s 2025 Outcomes Presentation. James and I’ll information you thru our presentation after which open issues up for questions. I am happy to report that in a testing yr, Breedon has proved once more the power of our mannequin and the standard of our folks. Throughout all 3 of our geographies in markets that gave us little or no by the use of tailwind, the group delivered once more. In GB, concrete volumes fell to ranges not seen since 1963. In Eire, 2 main infrastructure tasks had been deferred. And within the U.S., excessive climate within the first half impacted our enterprise. None of this was inside our management. What was in our management was our response. Our groups delivered over GBP 20 million value of self-help. We simplified our administration construction to a country-based mannequin, enabling quicker decision-making. And we continued to speculate via the cycle in our quarries, in our crops and in our folks.
I thank the Breedon group for his or her dedication and for making Breedon a greater, stronger enterprise in 2025. In parallel to delivering a efficiency, I’m happy to report that we made important progress on our strategic priorities. In 2025, we applied our advanced technique, Breedon 3.0, by which we dedicated to increase and enhance the group. And I am