Crest Nicholson and Kier Group have today (March 17) announced strong performances, with William Rucker, Crest’s chairman, commenting that the housing trading environment “continues to be positive”. At Crest’s AGM this morning, Rucker said that the housebuilder’s sales up to March 11 “have been correspondingly strong”. Crest’s cumulative forward sales revenues rose 16% to £311 million against the equivalent period …