Ibstock plc (IBST) Q2 2026 Earnings Call

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right good morning and welcome to ifsocks uh 2026 half year results presentation i'm joined today by simon bedford our interim cfo and i'd like to thank simon for his support and leadership during his time as interim cfo as previously announced will wilkins has also joined goodstock as cfo earlier this week and is with us here today in the front row you'll have the opportunity to meet will after the presentation today Before I begin, it's also worth recognizing that we've been proudly marking 200 years of the original site of Ipstock, and a few industrial businesses can trace their roots back over two centuries, and we're really proud of that. With that, let's turn to the agenda. I'll share an overview of the first half of the year and how we're navigating what remains a very challenging market. Simon will then take us through the financials in more detail, including the divisional results, cash flow, and balance sheet. i'll then come back to update you on market dynamics and on the progress across our five strategic levers and i'll then summarize our outlook for the remainder of the year before we move on to q a turning first to the overview we entered into the year with the expectation that there would be some growth in the market however poor weather and macro economic events led to more volatile conditions and subdued market demand across our key end markets against this backdrop the business has delivered a solid performance in line with our expectations some key messages to point out the clay business delivered a resilient performance in the period uk domestic brick deliveries for the first five months were down around eight percent year on year and our comparable sales volumes were down around seven percent meaning we gained domestic clay market share in the p...