Homebuilder Taylor Wimpey posts 22% jump in order book

(Reuters) - Taylor Wimpey's order book jumped 22% in 2019 to 2.18 billion pounds ($2.83 billion), the housebuilder said on Tuesday, aided by the government's Help to Buy scheme, and said it saw positive signs in 2020."The environment is more positive at this point in the year than we have seen for the last couple of years. There is a bit of pent-up demand there. There is positive potential," CEO Peter Redfern told Reuters.Taylor Wimpey in its trading update reported a 5% rise in home..