‘It’s madness what the industry goes to work for’… Sisk’s Paul Brown on margins, making the right decisions and working on Man City’s stadium

By Dave Rogers2024-10-21T06:38:00

‘The last two or three years in the UK have been the toughest I’ve experienced,’ the Irish contractor’s Liverpool-born chief executive tells Dave Rogers

Like many people recently, Sisk chief executive Paul Brown has been reflecting on a period in construction that historians might one day describe, kindly, as “turbulent”.

“It’s madness what the industry goes to work for,” he admits. “The last two or three years in the UK have been the toughest I’ve experienced. Supply chain resilience and liquidity has been a real challenge.”

His own company turned in a margin of 1.5% last year. He knows it should be more.

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