Materials supplier BRCK Group reported full-year revenue to 31 March 2026 up 1.3% to £645.4m, with adjusted pre-tax profit rising 4.9% to £38.3m despite gross profit margins edging down from 19.1% to 18.9% amid price pressure and weak housebuilding. Growth was driven by an 8.8% increase in its design & install division after restructuring into two core units: distribution and design & install. The group completed the acquisition of H S Jackson & Son fencing post year-end, signalling continued diversification and capacity for further bolt-on deals.

CATL has acquired a 20% stake and board seat in New Zealand-based CarbonScape, positioning itself as industrialisation partner for the company’s forestry by-product–derived “biographite” anode material. CarbonScape’s process converts renewable feedstock from major forestry suppliers into battery-grade graphite, targeting US and European lithium-ion supply chains that currently rely on oil-based feedstock for over 75% of graphite. A demonstration plant in Kotka, Finland, will build on an existing New Zealand pilot, with commercial-scale biographite production targeted by the end of the decade.

Marley has launched Edgemere 2.0 concrete interlocking roof tiles using Heidelberg Materials’ evoZero cement, which relies on carbon captured and “banked” from Heidelberg’s Brevik plant in Norway, currently sequestering about 400,000 tonnes of CO₂ per year. The tiles carry a low Global Warming Potential, Green Guide A+ rating and BES 6001 Excellent certification, targeting specifiers seeking verifiable low‑carbon roofing materials. Heidelberg is also constructing a carbon capture plant at its Padeswood cement works in north Wales, designed to capture about 95% of emissions, or roughly 800,000 tonnes of CO₂ annually, from 2029.