Yorkshire brickmaker saved in last-minute rescue deal

Yorkshire’s York Handmade Brick has been snapped up by private equity firm 4D Capital Partners in a rescue deal that saves 20 jobs and secures the future of the specialist brickmakers.
The Alne-based firm, which supplied the Shard, Oxford’s Said Business School and Cambridge’s Magdalene College Library projects, had been on the brink of administration before 4D stepped in.
The acquisition sees York Handmade folded into 4D’s fast-growing building products group alongside H