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Addressing biodiversity with bricks
|Date: 25 April, 2025

Addressing biodiversity with bricks
Maisie McKenzie, Biodiversity Manager at wienerberger UK, explores the state of biodiversity in the UK an ...
Maisie McKenzie, Biodiversity Manager at wienerberger UK, explores the state of biodiversity in the UK and the role eco-habitat boxes can play The state of biodiversity in the UK is a problem, having ...
25 April, 2025
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H.G Matthews natural clay building blocks
|Date: 27 December, 2024

H.G Matthews natural clay building blocks
It’s clay time with the handmade brick specialist, H.G. Matthews, natural building blocks The rate at w ...
It’s clay time with the handmade brick specialist, H.G. Matthews, natural building blocks The rate at which we are using up the earth’s resources is accelerating at a worrying pace. We’re currently ...
27 December, 2024
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Professional Builder visits the works of handmade brick manufacturer, H.G Matthews
|Date: 24 September, 2024

Professional Builder visits the works of handmade brick manufacturer, H.G Matthews
In the hands of the H.G Matthews master brickmakers there is a kind of alchemy at work. The humble clay t ...
In the hands of the H.G Matthews master brickmakers there is a kind of alchemy at work. The humble clay that is harvested from beneath its 650-acre Buckinghamshire premises is transformed into a finis ...
24 September, 2024
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The Professional Builder Podcast: Super Trowel on finding the UK’s best bricklayer
|Date: 1 August, 2024

The Professional Builder Podcast: Super Trowel on finding the UK’s best bricklayer
As an important part of British construction and British culture in general, it seems odd that there’s no ...
As an important part of British construction and British culture in general, it seems odd that there’s not really been much in the way of events celebrating bricklaying. It’s a trade that requires a l ...
1 August, 2024
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New bricks lock in CO2 during production
|Date: 26 April, 2024

New bricks lock in CO2 during production
Marshalls Bricks and Masonry has unveiled a new range of concrete facing bricks, which have been manufact ...
Marshalls Bricks and Masonry has unveiled a new range of concrete facing bricks, which have been manufactured using carbon sequestration technology to lock in waste CO2. The Glenwall range incorporat ...
26 April, 2024
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Selco places more bricks in the wall
|Date: 17 February, 2024

Selco places more bricks in the wall
Selco Builders Warehouse has taken another step towards laying the foundations for a successful 2024 by s ...
Selco Builders Warehouse has taken another step towards laying the foundations for a successful 2024 by significantly developing its brick offering. ‘The Brick Store’ has been created in four Selco b ...
17 February, 2024
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Brick Awards 2023: The Winners
|Date: 9 November, 2023

Brick Awards 2023: The Winners
The Royal Lancaster Hotel was the setting for The Brick Development Association's Brick Awards 2023. Cong ...
The Royal Lancaster Hotel was the setting for The Brick Development Association's Brick Awards 2023. Congratulations to all the worthy winners! Category: SUPREME WINNER/SUSTAINABILITY/CRAFTSMANSHIP W ...
9 November, 2023
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Metex charts the evolution of the Grindermate brick jig
|Date: 7 September, 2023

Metex charts the evolution of the Grindermate brick jig
As angle grinders and rotating saws are some of the most dangerous tools in construction, having a simple ...
As angle grinders and rotating saws are some of the most dangerous tools in construction, having a simple jig to avoid having to hold a brick in place with a foot and running a rotating blade right ne ...
7 September, 2023
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Marshalls plc’s advice for creating sustainable homes
|Date: 15 July, 2023

Marshalls plc’s advice for creating sustainable homes
Chris Griffiths, Head of Product Sustainability at Marshalls plc, gives some advice on creating sustainab ...
Chris Griffiths, Head of Product Sustainability at Marshalls plc, gives some advice on creating sustainable homes. Creating a sustainable home is now a top priority for house builders, from locally so ...
15 July, 2023
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Shortlist for the brick industry Oscars announced
|Date: 11 July, 2023

Shortlist for the brick industry Oscars announced
The shortlist for the annual Brick Development Association (BDA) Brick Awards, the Oscars of the brick in ...
The shortlist for the annual Brick Development Association (BDA) Brick Awards, the Oscars of the brick industry, has been unveiled. A number of stunning projects have been nominated in a range of hig ...
11 July, 2023
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First despatch at Desford: Europe’s biggest brick factory begins rollout
|Date: 3 May, 2023

First despatch at Desford: Europe’s biggest brick factory begins rollout
The first bricks have now been despatched from the biggest and most efficient manufacturing plant in Euro ...
The first bricks have now been despatched from the biggest and most efficient manufacturing plant in Europe, Forterra’s new Desford factory in Leicestershire. The leading building products manufactu ...
3 May, 2023
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Concrete facing bricks with Marshalls
|Date: 9 September, 2022

Concrete facing bricks with Marshalls
What if your perception of concrete bricks is wrong? Marshalls explains why you should be considering con ...
What if your perception of concrete bricks is wrong? Marshalls explains why you should be considering concrete facing bricks You know the stories, “They’re too heavy and too slow to lay. They don’t cu ...
9 September, 2022
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New Build and Property Development products – July/August 2021
|Date: 23 August, 2021

New Build and Property Development products – July/August 2021
WOODEN SASH WINDOWS It doesn’t discolour over time like PVCu and can be over-painted – that’s just two of ...
WOODEN SASH WINDOWS It doesn’t discolour over time like PVCu and can be over-painted – that’s just two of the reasons that Patchett Joinery is championing wooden sash windows. Not being a sealed unit, ...
23 August, 2021
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Marshalls latest product development
|Date: 12 April, 2021

Marshalls latest product development
A newly formed division of one of the industry’s most familiar names could herald a new dawn for the conc ...
A newly formed division of one of the industry’s most familiar names could herald a new dawn for the concrete facing brick. Professional Builder’s Lee Jones explores what’s available from Marshalls Br ...
12 April, 2021
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BDA confirms ‘plenty’ of British clay bricks available
|Date: 1 June, 2020

BDA confirms ‘plenty’ of British clay bricks available
As UK brick makers ramp up production, the Brick Development Association has said there are now plenty of ...
As UK brick makers ramp up production, the Brick Development Association has said there are now plenty of British clay bricks available. Almost 480m bricks are currently in stock at the UK brick maker ...
1 June, 2020
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Introducing the Flexi Block Spot for bricklayers
|Date: 22 April, 2020

Introducing the Flexi Block Spot for bricklayers
Professional Builder meets the bricklayer behind the Flexi Block Spot. They say a leopard never changes i ...
Professional Builder meets the bricklayer behind the Flexi Block Spot. They say a leopard never changes its spots…….. but what about a bricklayer.?! That’s a question which has been troubling brickie ...
22 April, 2020
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