Engineer’s order book stable at £13bn

Engineer Babcock International has secured contracts for 90% of this financial year’s anticipated revenue in the last six months.

In a statement to the City it also said that 50% of the revenue for the 2013-14 financial year had also been contracted.

In its statement the firm said: “The board therefore remains confident of meeting its expectations for this financial year and delivering strong progress on last year.â€

The firm said both its order book and bid pipeline stood at £13bn with a number of large opportunities set to be awarded in the next 18 months.

The group’s half year results will be released on 6 November.