Accounting error increases Kier Group’s debt

A struggling construction contractor has revealed that its debts are tens of millions of pounds greater than previously stated after an accounting error that further frayed investors’ nerves.

Kier Group said yesterday that its net debt stood at £180.5m at the end of its half-year on December 31.

In a trading update in January, it had said that the figure was £130m after a poorly taken up rights issue before Christmas.

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