Under new Manager Peter May, Orton Trust is spreading its wings and trying to attract students from outside the industry. If you are a stonemason looking to advance your skills, perhaps in carving or lettering, or a novice interested in learning the basics, the weekend (actually Friday to Sunday) courses of Orton Trust have a lot to offer. Visit www.ortontrust.org.uk.
See the stones of the British Isles laid out in easy-to-view pages in the Natural Stone Directory.
Christophe Gontier is leaving Cosentino UK and Ireland and moving to Australia.
After almost 11 years at the helm of Cosentino UK and Ireland, Regional Director Christophe Gontier is moving to Australia.
Crowds around the Nag Arnoldi statue of a horse at the front of the Verona showground waiting for the opening of the 2017 Marmo+Mac stone exhibition.
Architect Marco Peva exlains how Lapitec meets the needs of complex architectural design.
Lapitec, the ultradense surface sold in the UK by stone wholesaler The Marble & Granite Centre, introduced Nero Assoluto and Bianco Assoluto to its colour...
Grants Group CEO Lee O'Connor at Cadeby Quarry. He is offering to help stone companies with investment and management expertise.
Last year, Grants Group purchased Blockstone. Now it is offering to invest in other stone companies in need of support (not just quarries, either).
CITB has extended its Skills & Training Fund to next year.
New from Clipsham Quarry Company is Rutland White oolitic limestone.
John Krause in action during the duathlon / triathlon in Canada.
RoSPA’s Chairman, Michael D Parker CBE (left), presents Instarmac’s Quality & Operations Manager, Darren Gough, with the Gold Medal award during a ceremony at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel.
The entrance to Monks Park underground Bath Stone quarry, which is being bought from Hanson Bath & Portland by Johnston Quarry Group along with Bath & Portland's Keynsham masonry works and the reserves of Bath Stone owned by Bath & Portland at Hartham Park.
Christophe Gontier, the Managing Director of Cosentino UK, says there is a lot of growth yet for Cosentino in the UK.
We are all part of the fourth industrial revolution and it is changing our lives.