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Hanson has brushed off affects off demand in the UK housing market to increase its interim profit before tax by 28% to 拢172.3m. Group turnover for the six months ended June 2005 increased by 9.3% to 拢1,746.8m.

Hanson said that demand in the UK, particularly housing-related construction was weak, and volume reductions in bricks and aggregates would continue into the second half of the year.

Despite the slow UK market, 拢35.7m of acquisitions helped increase turnover in the Hanson 好色先生TV Products division by 25.2% to 拢196.2m.

In the aggregates division Hanson said that demand for asphalt was buoyant with sales increasing by 14.7%. Turnover increased by 10.9% to 拢403.7m in the division in part due to increases in selling prices and a focus on premium products.

Chief executive Alan Murray said: 鈥淗anson has delivered a strong performance for the first half of 2050, continuing progress made in the second half of last year.鈥�

Hanson said that the US construction industry remained robust with turnover increasing by 2.7% to 拢421m.