London ready-mix sales dive 32% amid housing slump

Ready-mixed concrete sales in London have crashed by nearly a third as the capital’s housing slump and high-rise planning delays at the Building Safety Regulator choke demand across the sector.
New figures from the Mineral Products Association (MPA) paint a grim picture of the heavyside market, with sales of construction materials stuck at “crisis levels” after four straight years of decline.
The MPA’s latest third-quarter returns show the construction sector on the ropes