Tag Archives: Bricks

Ibstock Plc, the UK manufacturer of building products and solutions, is expecting full year revenues to have decreased by 10% to around £365 m (from £406 m in 2023), according to a trading update for the year ended 31 December 2024. Lower sales volumes across the core business are principally …

MKM Building Supplies (MKM) will open its 130th branch in Rotherham on September 2; open to tradespeople and the public, it will create 18 new jobs. MKM Rotherham will be led by branch directors Ryan Brooks and Jack Griffiths, both lifelong residents of South Yorkshire, bringing a combined experience of …

  Forterra has recently launched a load selector calculator to allow customers to tailor their brick orders to the precise mix of products they require. With the ability to choose the exact number of bricks they need from Forterra’s entire range of London Bricks, plus Ecostock’s Atherstone Red and Hampton …

Two industry associations are to merge and pool their collective voice as one trade organisation. The merger of the Brick Development Association and Ceramics UK will align the ceramics industry as one unified trade organisation with the aim of having a stronger voice when lobbying Government with industry concerns alongside …

Lauren Haines, director at Southampton-based Elliotts Builders Merchants is celebrating 50 years in the building industry, having joined the family-run company in December 1973. Starting work as a typist in the brick department at a time when typing pools, stenciling price sheets by hand and making phone calls from a …

Forterra saw two of its employees received awards during an event hosted by the International Clay Technology Association (ICT/ICTa) Education and Training Trust which provides training for the clayware sector. The event, which was held at Forterra’s new Desford factory, saw production manager Ed Storer receive the Keith FR Morton …

Brick maker Forterra has dispatched the first load of bricks from its new Desford factory in Leicestershire, the biggest and most efficient manufacturing plant in Europe. The company has invested £95 million into future-proofing the factory to achieve outstanding overall equipment effectiveness while upgrading production capacity to 185 million bricks …

Overall product availability is good and returning to pre-Covid levels, according to  Construction Leadership Council’s Product Availability working group. That said, some bricks, blocks, plasterboard and roofing products are occasionally still subject to disruption or allocation, although lead times for these products are now far lower than earlier in the …

Imperial Bricks’ stunning feature-wall Brick Tiles can now be seen in their full glory on www.imperialbricktiles.co.uk. The new website shows the full range of products available, which has proved popular with interior designers and homeowners alike since the launch late last year. A handy coverage calculator, installation instructions, and an …

Building products manufacturer Forterra is celebrating after a successful night at the Brick Development Association’s Brick Awards 2019, where it picked up three awards for The Interlock and was highly commended for York House. The Interlock – a newly-built, five-storey building in London’s Fitzrovia, which blends historic and contemporary aesthetics …