CRH has purchased the brick business of Hepworth, the British heating and building products company, for £10.8 million sterling (€16.6 million). Hepworth said the divestment was part of its strategy to concentrate on larger scale activities. CRH has made the purchase through its Ibstock Building Products subsidiary. It will pay £9.5 million for the fixed assets and goodwill of the brick operations at Ellistown in Leicestershire. The balance of the consideration will pay for stock and the net value of debtors and creditors.