 In December 2018, press reports said that Ferrovial had offered Amey for sale.That year, Ferrovial had posted a net loss of €72m for the first half of 2018 after allocating €237m for losses on Amey's highway maintenance contract with Birmingham City Council.In February 2019, Amey was reported close to a deal to exit its Birmingham highway maintenance contract, liabilities from which were preventing the company's sale by Ferrovial, who slashed the value of Amey by £660m, saying the "fair value" of Amey in the United Kingdom was £88m.