Brick & Stone refinances to boost bricks

Scottish materials supplier Brick & Stone has secured a £275,000 financing deal from Lloyds Banking Group to help it capitalise on the up-turn in the construction industry.
Broxburn-based wholesaler Brick & Stone sealed a £175,000 deal with Bank of Scotland to increase its stock of bricks from 300,000 to 500,000. The company also signed a £100,000 deal with Lloyds Commercial Finance to help it buy a truck.

, Managing director Mark Findlay told The Scotsman newspaper that the company had “witnessed a real increase in momentum in the construction sector” and that it had been hoping to expand for a number of years.