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UK’s largest brickmaker hit by sales slump as housebuilding downturn deepens

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.Leicestershire-based Ibstock said on Monday that sales slumped by 22% below its expectations in the…

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.Leicestershire-based Ibstock said on Monday that sales slumped by 22% below its expectations in the…

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