Heavyside materials producers predict slowing sales

Building materials producers are bracing themselves for slowing sales in the months ahead as clients and householders think twice about projects amid rampant cost inflation.
The latest trade survey of members of the Construction Products Association found that nearly third of heavyside producers expect sales to fall in the third quarter.
Looking further ahead over half of firms (56%) anticipated that sales would fall by up to 5% in the next 12 months, with only 22% expecting an increase.Construc