The building materials sector was once a closely watched sector in the FTSE Indices. It was pored over by analysts and economists, looking not just for clues about the performance of particular building sub-sectors but for signs about the direction of the economy as a whole. It was discontinued by FTSE some years ago, mainly the result of a rampant decade or two of mergers and acquisitions i.e. piece by piece, since 1997, household names, FTSE 100 constituents and behemoths have been acquired by largely continental European suitors. The list includes Aggregate Industries, Baggeridge Brick, Blue Circle, BPB, ECC, Foster Yeoman, Hanson, Hepworth, Ibstock, Marley, Meyer, Pilkington, Redland (the first big one), RMC, Rugby (to RMC) and Tarmac.

07 Jul 2015
July 2015 Monthly - Reconstructing the UK Building Materials Sector
City of London Investment Group PLC (CLIG:LON), 348 | Empresaria Group plc (EMR:LON), 22.5 | Futura Medical plc (FUM:LON), 7.9 | Software Circle PLC (SFT:LON), 29.5 | Lombard Risk Management (LRM:LON), 0 | Medicx Fund (MXF:LON), 0 | Murgitroyd Group (MUR:LON), 0 | PPHE Hotel Group Limited (PPH:LON), 1,586 | United Cacao Ltd Sezc (CHOC:LON), 0 | Primary Health Properties PLC (PHP:LON), 96.5 | Verona Pharma plc Sponsored ADR (VRNA:NAS), 0 | Tethys Oil AB (TTHYF:OTC), 0

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July 2015 Monthly - Reconstructing the UK Building Materials Sector
City of London Investment Group PLC (CLIG:LON), 348 | Empresaria Group plc (EMR:LON), 22.5 | Futura Medical plc (FUM:LON), 7.9 | Software Circle PLC (SFT:LON), 29.5 | Lombard Risk Management (LRM:LON), 0 | Medicx Fund (MXF:LON), 0 | Murgitroyd Group (MUR:LON), 0 | PPHE Hotel Group Limited (PPH:LON), 1,586 | United Cacao Ltd Sezc (CHOC:LON), 0 | Primary Health Properties PLC (PHP:LON), 96.5 | Verona Pharma plc Sponsored ADR (VRNA:NAS), 0 | Tethys Oil AB (TTHYF:OTC), 0
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07 Jul 2015 -
Author:
Mike Foster -
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The building materials sector was once a closely watched sector in the FTSE Indices. It was pored over by analysts and economists, looking not just for clues about the performance of particular building sub-sectors but for signs about the direction of the economy as a whole. It was discontinued by FTSE some years ago, mainly the result of a rampant decade or two of mergers and acquisitions i.e. piece by piece, since 1997, household names, FTSE 100 constituents and behemoths have been acquired by largely continental European suitors. The list includes Aggregate Industries, Baggeridge Brick, Blue Circle, BPB, ECC, Foster Yeoman, Hanson, Hepworth, Ibstock, Marley, Meyer, Pilkington, Redland (the first big one), RMC, Rugby (to RMC) and Tarmac.