Brick Awards

RNS Number : 1542T

Michelmersh Brick Holdings PLC

15 November 2013

 



15 November 2013

                                                                       Michelmersh Brick Holdings Plc

("MBH" or, the "Group")

Triumphant evening for Michelmersh at the Brick Awards 2013

                                                                -MBH collects four prestige awards-

Michelmersh Brick Holdings PLC (AIM: MBH), the specialist brick, land development and landfill company, is pleased to announce that it had an extremely successful evening at the Brick Awards 2013, last night, taking home one third of the awards.

MBH collected the award for the Best Education Building, Best Public Building, Best Craftmanship Award and the coveted Brick Development Association (BDA) Supreme Award.

The annual Brick Awards which took place at the Marriott, London on 14th November 2013 are one of the longest established and most widely respected design awards in the UK, now in its 37th year. The Awards recognise excellence in design and construction using brick. Each year hundreds of entries are submitted and only 15 prestige trophies awarded of which Britain's Brick Specialists, MBH, took home four.

Frank Hanna Group Commercial Director of MBH said, "To win one third of these prestige awards is testament to our teams craftsmanship and our extensive experience and knowledge for a variety of architectural styles.

"We pride ourselves on being able to work alongside celebrated architectural practices due to our passion for craft and innovative product range and are very pleased  that our team's hard work has been rewarded."

For further information:

Martin Warner, CEO, Michelmersh Brick Holdings                                            01442 870 227

Jeremy Carey Tavistock Communications                                                             020 7920 3150

Notes to Editors:

Michelmersh Brick Holdings PLC is the holding company for Michelmersh Brick UK Ltd, a business with leading market brands: Blockleys, Charnwood, Freshfield Lane, Hathern Terra Cotta and Michelmersh. These divisions operate within a fully integrated business combining the manufacture of clay bricks, tiles and pavers. The Group also includes a landfill operator, New Acres Limited, and seeks to develop future landfill and development opportunities on ancillary land assets.

 Established in 1997 by Martin Warner, Chief Executive, and Eric Gadsden, Chairman, the Company has grown through acquisition and organic growth into a profitable, cash generative and asset rich business, producing approximately 70 million clay bricks, tiles and pavers per annum. MBH currently owns most of the UK's premium manufacturing brands and is a leading specification brick and clay paving manufacturer.

Recently MBH's products have won praise and been successfully used in projects such as the RIBA award winning new theatre,  400 Hall  Repton School, the  London Evening Standard New Home Award winning Lime Grove Mews London, Cambridge University Cranmer Road site and the contemporary Drapers Academy, Romford.

MBH are also suppliers to high value housing developers such as Berkeley and St. James, delivering to key city regeneration projects such as Royal Arsenal, Woolwich.

Further information on the Company can be found at www.mbhplc.co.uk

 

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