Builders and building materials
Paving slab maker Marshalls sees sales crack through £400mln in 2017
Sales in the domestic end business – small-scale, local builders and DIYers – jumped by 12% in the year
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Marshalls PLC
LON:MSLH
Established in the late 1880s, Marshalls is the UK's leading manufacturer of superior natural stone and innovative concrete hard landscaping products, supplying the construction, home improvement and landscape markets. The Group operates its own quarries and manufacturing sites, as well as 12 service centres and 14 offices throughout the UK Marshalls is traded in the ISDX Exchange HERE
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