The company provides clay and concrete building materials to the construction sector, most notably house bricks, issued a trading statement this morning. Despite underlying market weakness – and this was reported as building as FY25 progresses – the business managed to post revenue growth of 2%. Total UK brick market volume was up year-on-year but remains below the 2022 peak, although the company is still managing to grow market share. The disposal of non-core assets has helped bolster the balance sheet and whilst FY26 is set for a slow start, there’s optimism that momentum will build as the year progresses. Investors are however focused on today’s market woes and the Ibstock share price was down 5% in early trade.
A trading statement from direct marketing product provider 4imprint Group was released this morning. The FTSE-250 listed company noted a resilient performance in 2025 and whilst both revenues and profits are set to be fractionally down year on year, these metrics are above the upper end of current analyst forecasts. Margins remain strong and the 4imprint share price was up as much as 4% in early trade although was giving gains back as the morning progressed.
A full year trading update from the business lender was issued this morning with revenue and profits pre-tax not only beating expectations but hitting the targets set for FY26. Revenues added 28% against a loan book that grew by 29%, although the note makes no reference to the susceptibility of the business to a more marked shift in the economic outlook. That detail, along with revised guidance for FY26, will presumably be in the full results which are due at the start of March. The Funding Circle share price was up an impressive 17% shortly after the open, heading towards multi-year highs.
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