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MQR News Update

16 February 2009

Figures from the QPA and HMRC both show how aggregate sales have fallen off a cliff........

News from the week

Again it has been a mixed week. Figures from the QPA and HMRC both show how aggregate sales have fallen off a cliff, with the QPA recording crushed rock sales falling by 29% over the last quarter of the year. Meanwhile, levy taxable volumes fell by similar percentages in November according to the HMRC - a glimmer of hope is that Glenigan records the number of construction starts have stopped bottoming out. Meanwhile, in Scotland, quarry firms now have a government champion to put the industry's side in government decision-making. Finally, congratulations are in order for Lawrence Skip Hire. MD David Lawrence has secured £10million to complete the company's ambitious CDE/CI waste processing operation in Kidderminster. All these stories and more below.

• Government 'champion' for Scottish quarries

• £10million for largest CDE/C&I MRF in Europe

• GKL/Docwra first to gain TRL aggs compliance

• Construction new start numbers stop tumbling

• New grant aid for West Midlands recyclers

• Crushed rock sales plummet 29%

• Taxable levy tonnages tumble in November

• RFO levy hitting UK fuel recycling market

• Single industry body to offer training and awards

• Lafarge closes entire Westbury cement works