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Company fined £900,000 after this wall collapsed and killed an employee.
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Hazel Blake (left) and Holly Barns have joined Caesarstone. Hazel is helping fabricators and kitchen & bathroom showrooms in the South East of England while Holly is working in Scotland.
Charles Blair, who founded stone tool companies Charles Blair (Aberdeen) Ltd and Charles Blair (Diamond Products) Ltd. A funeral service in memory of him was held at Baldarroch Crematorium in Crathes, Aberdeenshire, on Monday 11 March.
One of the carvings under way in the Lovell Stone Group 'Inspired by Space' competition. The winner will be chosen at the Natural Stone Show in London 30 April - 2 May.
This is the Primus waterjet from Intermac. It is one of the machines the company will be showing on its stand at the Natural Stone Show and Hard Surfaces in London this year, but it is also introducing a completely new and fast way of cutting ceramic and sintered slabs.
See products like this Fondoville My Top Calacatta Gold at Hard Surfaces, a new exhibition co-locating with the Natural Stone Show in the ExCeL exhibition centre in London from 30 April to 2 May.
Oleksandr Sukhoviy, who has been jailed for six years for his role in a gang that supplied forged documents, including CSCS cards for construction workers. Photo: National Crime Agency.
You will be able to take a virtual reality tour of Cumbrian Stone’s showroom and factory on its stand at the Natural Stone Show.
Find out about everything stone related at the Natural Stone Show and Hard Surfaces exhibitions taking place at ExCeL London 30 April - 2 May.
The 2019 Mason Master Craftsmen and Journeymen with their certificates presented at Carpenters Hall in the City of London on 11 March. In the picture (left to right) are Andrew Gomersall, Mark Hancock, Wieslaw Szot, Masons Livery Company Master Andrew Bowles, Stephen Andrew Byrne, Tom Francis (Journeyman), Lee Martin Andrews (Journeyman).
Apprenticeship Ambassador Gillian Keegan MP has a go at stonecarving under the watchful eye of apprentice Emma during her visit to Chichester Stoneworks as part of National Apprenticeship Week - appropriate, too, that 8 March, when Gillian Keegan visited, was International Women's Day.
Valentia Slate from Ireland is looking forward to an international future under its new owner.
The website of Hürriyet Daily News reporting the detention of four Turkish business people during the Xiamen stone fair.