Taylor Wimpey expects bigger profits after stamp duty holiday

Housebuilder helped by recovery in UK property market since Covid outbreak Coronavirus - latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The rapid recovery in the UK housing market since the Covid-19 outbreak, fuelled by the government's stamp duty cut and help-to-buy scheme, has boosted profit expectations at Taylor Wimpey, Britain's third-biggest housebuilder. Unlike during the first national lockdown in the spring, when most construction sites around the country shut for several weeks, the co...