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Comments on the use of stone for interiors from Stone Federation's Interiors & Surface Materials Focus Group.
Robert Merry.
Online protection. Most of the data held by most companies about their customers and employees will become illegal on 25 May. Find out more at bit.ly/GDPR4SME.
Autoenrolment pension contributions increase in April for employers and employees. You can find out more about the changes here.
Graeme Dey MSP (in the middle) with Leanne Yates (of Scottish quarry company Denfind, one of the members of the Scottish Stone Group) and Marcus Paine of Hutton Stone, a founding member of the Group, in the Scottish Parliament Debating Chamber after the debate.
Staircase made by Chichester Stoneworks Ltd in Moca Cream Portuguese limestone.
“People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices.” Adam Smith in The Wealth of Nations.
This is DCM-PRO, a new electric underfloor heating system from Warmup that, in testing in America to American National Standards Institute 118.12:5.4, proved to protect tiled floors from cracking. It consists of an uncoupling membrane with a heating cable, making the installation of electric underfloor heating even easier. DCM-PRO’s self-healing uncoupling layer contracts and expands to deal with structural movements in subfloors due to seasonal temperature changes, preventing floor coverings from being damaged.
Gang jailed for forging documents including CSCS cards so illegal immigrants could work in the UK.
Barry Ashmore mentioned Carillion when he said in October last year: "If one of the major contractors went bust tomorrow, everyone would notice."
Chris Tottle.
Turkish stone exports grew last year after China and India lifted import taxes and quotas.
Small companies need help to keep up with the digital industrial revolution, says FSB.
Tile & Stone Gallery, BAL and Johnsons have helped improve the life of a man left incapacitated after a mindless attack by football hooligans.