Ibstock has reported lower profits after a slowdown in construction markets weighed on trading in the second half of 2025. The brickmaker said revenue for the year to 31 December rose 2% to £372m ...

Ibstock reported 2025 revenues of £372mn, up 2 per cent on the prior year. Revenues from lower-margin clay bricks increased ...

The said it took an exceptional charge of £19.5 which was related to a restructuring programme announced in late 2023 which it said related to the sale of its Forticrete roofing business, surplus land ...

Fortifications needed many bricks, especially during the 1850s and '60s, as one can see at Fort Victoria on the Isle of Wight.