Michelmersh Brick Holdings was established in November 1997 to enable the acquisition of Michelmersh Brick & Tile and Dunton Brothers.

Dunton makes traditional bricks at Ley Hill, Buckinghamshire and Michelmersh Brick & Tile is a long established business manufacturing premium quality bricks and tiles operating from a site near Romsey, Hampshire.

In February 1999, the business of Charnwood was acquired in Leicestershire. Charnwood has an excellent reputation for high quality handmade bricks for building and restoration projects. Charnwood Bricks were recently used in the restoration of St Pancras Station.

In February 2000, the Company acquired Blockleys in Telford, the leading producer of specification wire cut bricks and clay pavers. The 100 acre site also includes a quarry and landfill operation and some 80 acres of land on which a phased residential redevelopment scheme has been approved in outline by the local planning authority.

The Group has consistently invested in its plant to maximise the efficiency and quality of its product.

In 2004 shares were offered to the public as the business was successfully floated on the AIM Market.

In 2009 Hathern Terra cotta was established at our Charnwood plant continuing over 100 years of tradition in the manufacture of faience. Already work has been won at the Savoy Hotel and Victoria and Albert Museum.

Our most recent acquisition is Freshfield Lane Brickworks, the leading manufacturer of clamp-fired stock bricks based near Haywards Heath. The business has built a strong reputation for excellence in the production of distinctive, clamp fired, multi-coloured stock facing bricks and pavers targeted at the niche premium segment of the market.

The Group now employs over 300 people at its five plants and has an annual capacity of some 70 million pieces.

The latest acquisition has reinforced our position as Britain's Brick Specialists. Our skills, service, range of products and well invested plant combine to provide distinctive products not only that we can be proud of, but that also give value and pleasure to our customers, those involved in design and construction and to generations to come.


http://www.mbhplc.co.uk/about-us

my average price is 83.5 and i confess i am tempted to buy a few more - pure greed :-)

ibstock
true, but there'll prob be much hype to start with, but be aware that once the lock-in period expires, many could be dumped on the market

Perhaps best to sit back and watch for a time.


Worth a watch.
michelmersh-brick-boss-focus-on-efficiency-in-medium-term

it's not a trading stock, so this one i buy/bought to lock away in my sipp

Still got mine from Jan 2013. :-)) . These will come right again, just a short term blip.

a little brave, but just topped up again at 92.5 ..... reckon i got lucky with that price, always assuming there is not a further tumble!

also bought a few FEVR for my sipp
it's a quality product (stock) i like a lot and i see it around more and more
like MBH, it's a bit illiquid and also on a pretty hefty rating, but it seems disinclined to fall very far

Success at Brick Awards
RNS
RNS Number : 2748G
Michelmersh Brick Holdings PLC
19 November 2015

19 November 2015



Michelmersh Brick Holdings Plc

("MBH" or the "Group")



SUCCESS AT BRICK AWARDS

Michelmersh collects four of the fifteen accolades at leading industry awards



Michelmersh Brick Holdings Plc (AIM: MBH), the specialist brick manufacturer and landfill company, is delighted to announce that it collected four of the fifteen accolades at this year's Brick Awards, held last night at The Hilton, Park Lane in London. The Company won 'Best Refurbishment Project', 'Best Public & Education Building', 'Best Urban Regeneration Project' and the 'BDA Chairman's Award'. Now in its 39th year, and hosted by the Brick Development Association ("BDA"), the Brick Awards celebrate excellence in design and construction using brick.



Richmond Adult Community College is a center of excellence for adults learning, training and personal development. With a more accessible and effective, sustainable teaching environment it was clear that Duggan Morris Architects' design was going to headline the evening. With a combination of new build and refurbishment components integrated into the competition winning scheme, the College collected the titles of 'Best Refurbishment Project' and the 'Best Public & Education Building'. The new buildings are designed to complement and differentiate themselves from the Edwardian facade, wrapped in a softly textured brick skin of Charnwood Handmade Horsham Red and Freshfield Lane Machine Made First Quality bricks.



De Rijke Marsh Morgan Architects' design for the redevelopment of the Heygate Estate (Trafalgar Place), commissioned by Southwark Council and managed by Lend Lease, aims to restore Elephant and Castle to its former glory as a thriving, desirable place to live and visit. Winner of Best Housing Design Award, Trafalgar Place uses a rich combination of Freshfield Lane Machine Made Danehill Yellow, Selected Light, First Quality and Anthracite bricks built proficiently by Lee Marley Brickwork Ltd.



Eight Artillery Row was presented with the BDA Chairman's Award, bestowed upon private or public sector new-build accommodation considered to have particular sustainable and social qualities, whilst retaining a relationship to its environment. Make's design proposed the refurbishment and extension of an existing office building into private residential accommodation, plus ground floor retail space. Details and materials include a Charnwood bespoke brick blend, introduced to draw from the fine examples of historic buildings within the nearby Westminster Cathedral Conservation Area.



Commenting on the Company's awards success, Frank Hanna, Group Commercial Director of MBH, said: "We are extremely proud to receive such recognition across a wide range of technical, craft and building categories. These recognised awards are testament to our workforce's commitment to maintaining our high standards of products, customer service and unrivalled attention to detail. All these attributes combine to make our bespoke products the choice materials of acclaimed and renowned architects across the UK."

Decidedly weak over the last 6 weeks or so, not joined in any rallies and looking quite poorly @ 78p.
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certainly rather strange but for no good reason that i can think of

From a trading update 19/10/2015


Michelmersch Brick sees FY pretax profit beating views

StockMarketWire.com

Michelmersh Brick is likely to exceed the market expectations for FY pretax profit. The results for the full year are scheduled for release on 21 March 2016.

The company has enjoyed a better-than-expected trading performance in H2, achieved through operating efficiencies, continued low energy costs and aided by the additional capacity from Freshfield Lane.

Delivery volumes are below previous expectations as a result of a softening of the market, however average selling prices are ahead of those budgeted.

cynic perhaps volumes have continued to fall, or selling prices are weaker, won't know until they tell us. Results 16/03/2016
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i don't think this stock is ever heavily traded so always somewhat too susceptible to market sentiment
however, always assuming the numbers do not disappoint, this is arguably a good time to buy, but more as a lock-away than a trading astock

Being hit hard,compared to IBST . A blue day for IBST today.

Recovered somewhat from this morning when it was down 7p, didn't have the b---- to buy, heaven knows why I wait and watch so long.
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2517GEORGE, with the markets as they are, dare you buy anything at the moment ?
Possibly going to be cheaper tomorrow. Not nice. :-))

That's been the trend for weeks now dc, at some point it will reverse and we will all be cursing for not getting in.
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it rarely moves a lot ..... it's more of a holding stock than trading

The buyers are present.

Sorry I didn't make it clear I was referring to dc's comment about the markets and not MBH specifically.
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A lot of MBH bricks are hand made (not cheap) . I would not think the building programme from the government announced would use MBH bricks. There is a possibility that the market has played catch up with the brick shortage.
The worlds largest brick maker being Weinberger operates a total of 204 plants in 30 countries.

as we were on the MBH thread, it wasn't self-apparent :-)

anyway, i have long reckoned this to be an excellent lock-away given the shortage of housing and that i think that MBH is the only uk brickmaker other than IBST