UK’s largest brickmaker hit by sales slump as housebuilding downturn deepens
Direct Source Verification:
This story is aggregated from The Guardian (theguardian.com). Full reporting rights and copyright belong to the primary publisher.
Ibstock, which has cut production by a fifth, criticises government for delay in help for housing sectorSales at the UK’s largest brickmaker plunged by more than a fifth over the summer, as it criticised the government for not introducing fresh help for the housing sector faster....
Ibstock, which has cut production by a fifth, criticises government for delay in help for housing sector
Sales at the UK’s largest brickmaker plunged by more than a fifth over the summer, as it criticised the government for not introducing fresh help for the housing sector faster.
Leicestershire-based Ibstock said on Monday that sales slumped by 22% below its expectations in the quarter to the end of September, prompting it to slash production levels by a fifth.
Continue reading...Original Source
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/nov/02/uk-largest-brickmaker-sales-slump-housebuilding-downturn-deepens-ibstock
