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Forterra and Ibstock hit records on UK housing hopes
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Forterra and Ibstock hit records on UK housing hopes

Brick makers Forterra and Ibstock hit record highs on Friday after Berenberg tipped them as a way to play the UK’s housing shortage. New home construction should be underpinned in the short term by…

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