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.
There will be a memorial service to Bill Lowry, a stalwart of Stone Federation Great Britain and the Masons' Livery Company, at 2pm on Thursday 2 November at St Nicholas Church, Gosforth,...
16th century Irish masons drank 14 pints of ale a day, researcher finds.
Imagine working at the banker after 14 pints of beer. Especially if the beer had a strength of 7-10% alcohol.
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.
Grants Group CEO Lee O'Connor at Cadeby Quarry. He is offering to help stone companies with investment and management expertise.
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.