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Sustainability

Amin Taha champions the use of structural stone at the Stone Show

07 May 2025 , by pam.reddish@qm…

Stone Awards / Competitions

Salisbury Cathedral announced as the UK's favourite stone project

07 May 2025 , by pam.reddish@qm…

Toby Barlow receiving his Stone Federation architecture prize from George Clarke and Susannah Streeter

Stone Awards / Competitions

Toby Barlow wins inaugural Stone Federation Student Architect Award

07 May 2025 , by pam.reddish@qm…

A group of CWF students visited Notre Dame for a unique insight into this iconic landmark.

Stone Heritage

CWF students head to Notre-Dame Cathedral

30 April 2025 , by Clare Howcutt Kelly

Equipment

Stone Show & Hard Surfaces 2025 news

24 April 2025 , by Clare Howcutt Kelly

Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

Laminam UK appoints new area manager for South East of England

23 April 2025 , by Clare Howcutt Kelly

Events

Quarry owners and stonemasons join forces as The Stone Collective

2024-01-22
Legislation / Standards

Australia prohibits use of engineered stone

2023-12-18
Sustainability

Design Museum exhibition focuses on low-carbon building materials

2023-09-01
Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

HSE podcast discusses dangers of dust in the construction industry

2023-08-16

Stone Heritage

Conservation: More ways to clean

2013-03-18

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Stone Heritage

Conservation: Rope access cleaning

2013-03-18

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Stone Heritage

Conservation: Portland basebed transfigured

2013-03-18

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Stone Heritage

Conservation: Caen stone for Wolverton Arms

2013-03-18

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Stones / Quarries

Engineered stone: The surfaces market starts to look a little crowded

2013-03-18

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Stones / Quarries

Engineered stone: Own brand International Quartz from International Stone

2013-03-18

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Equipment

Business to Business: Windsmere Stone & Granite

2013-03-18

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Stone Awards / Competitions

Precasters in running for Climate Week Award

2013-03-18

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Market Intelligence

Building company director gets 18months for VAT fraud

2013-03-18

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Training

Free environmental workshops â€“ book now

2013-03-18

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Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

HSE purge on repair and refurbishment sites now on

2013-03-07

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

Forest of Dean Stone Firms reprints 100-year-old book as limited edition

2013-02-22

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£727,644 - the bill for the first HSE Fees for Intervention

2013-02-22

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Stone Awards / Competitions

OBE for Dick Reid in New Year's Honours

2013-02-22

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

Amarestone offically opens Arborfield showroom on 18 January

2013-02-22

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Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

Traditional Slate & Stone fined over forklift

2013-02-22

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Training

New funding for training in 2013

2013-02-22

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Specialists fight back against late payments and retentions

2013-02-22

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Stone Heritage

Cembritâ€™s natural slate tops off The Lancasters

2013-02-22

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Time for stone to adopt one standard for sustainability says quarry chief

2013-02-22

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Thomann-Hanry clean up in New York

2013-02-22

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Stone Projects

Chris Harrop, Marshalls' sustainability chief, to chair UN Global Compact in UK

2013-02-22

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Welsh//Slate gets permission for Penrhyn Quarry extension

2013-02-22

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Setting the standard: BS EN 1469 Slabs for Cladding

2013-02-22

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The Merry Month: And a happy New Year

2013-02-22

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Market Intelligence

Marketing: Make a plan, not a resolution

2013-02-22

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The Mystery Surfer: slablink.com

2013-02-22

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Training

A qualified workforce: Not yet the end of the World

2013-02-22

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Report: Sustainability

2013-02-22

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Sustainability: An opportunity not a threat

2013-02-22

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Sustainability: The good news is it is your responsibility

2013-02-22

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Stones / Quarries

Cover story: Levantina has the English cut

2013-02-22

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Report: Hard landscaping

2013-02-22

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Stone source: Blisworth stone

2013-02-22

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Training

Education: Weymouth College

2013-02-22

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Market Intelligence

Profits of sustainability

2013-02-22

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NAMM gets National Executive Officer again after two-year gap

2013-02-22

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

Fila turns to solar power for all its energy needs

2013-02-22

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Stones / Quarries

Blisworth limestone now available from new quarry

2013-02-22

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Stones / Quarries

Indigenous stone attracts hard landscapers

2013-02-22

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Stone Projects

Recession could extend life of sandstone quarry

2013-02-22

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Market Intelligence

40% of first HSE Fees for Intervention go to construction firms

2013-02-22

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Training

27 February meeting to decide stone training funding allocations

2013-02-22

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Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

Cheap fake hard hats putting lives at risk, warns BSIF

2013-02-22

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Natural Stone Memorials

NAMM makes donation after 176 families are deprived of Â£220,000-worth of headstones by Simply Memorials

2013-02-22

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Events

Fila launches new RIBA-approved CPD surface care seminar

2013-02-20

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Casdron Enterprises Ltd are celebrating 25 years of success!

2013-02-20

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Market Intelligence

As job figures continue to grow building pay to increase 2%

2013-02-20

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Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

HSE's Â£124-an-hour fees started on 1 October

2013-02-14

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

Obituary: Francis N Lowe

2013-02-06

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Stone Awards / Competitions

William Morris Fellowship can be life-changing â€“ apply now

2013-01-22

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Events

After Trondheim success European Stone Festival moves to Lincoln

2013-01-22

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Triumph of the Natural Stone Awards 2012

2013-01-22

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The Mystery Surfer : Some observations

2013-01-21

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Stone Projects

Horsham Stone ask children to design a company masonâ€™s mark

2013-01-21

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Salisbury Cathedral gets largest new gargoyle in 150 years

2013-01-21

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Rosette is your guarantee of genuine Stonehealth stone cleaning

2013-01-21

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Comment now on CSCS cards or lose the chance to do so

2013-01-21

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

Now it's President Kennedy at the Stone Federation

2013-01-21

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Events

Home and away at London's Natural Stone Show

2013-01-21

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Stones / Quarries

Four books on stone for Christmas

2013-01-21

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Training

European scholarships available for Masters in conservation

2013-01-21

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Stone Awards / Competitions

Mason Kyle Makowski selected as BCCâ€™s Student of the Year

2013-01-21

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Zambelis expands in CNC tools with Nicolai

2013-01-21

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French chateau demolished by accident

2013-01-21

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Setting the Standard : Sills & Copings

2013-01-21

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The Merry Month : A Christmas tale

2013-01-21

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Public Relations : by guest author Aneela Rose

2013-01-21

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Stone Projects

Cover story : An illuminating tale

2013-01-21

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Market Intelligence

Get an environmental health check and a 25% discount if you sign up before the end of December

2013-01-21

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Szerelmey's contribution to the Stirling Prize

2012-12-18

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Market Intelligence

SPAB says prepare for winter during National Maintenenance Week

2012-12-18

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Events

City Sheriff unveils Portland Stone bench on Cheapside â€“ see video

2012-12-11

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

Chesneyâ€™s steps to heaven

2012-12-11

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Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

Paralympian Tanni Grey-Thompson opens new accessible shop at Durham Cathedral

2012-12-11

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Natural Stone Memorials

iTomb headstone has solar powered iPad

2012-12-11

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Twelve days of stone at Barnard Castle

2012-12-11

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Training

Heritage Training Group hopes to expand programme as Lottery Fund prepares to allocate another Â£15million to Skills for the Future

2012-12-11

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

After â€˜Leatherâ€™ comes â€˜Suedeâ€™ from Silestone

2012-12-11

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Stones / Quarries

For the record

2012-12-11

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Stone Awards / Competitions

Anconâ€™s lockable dowel gains Queenâ€™s Award

2012-12-11

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Events

Cotswold Way stone unveiled at Bath Abbey

2012-12-11

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Stone Awards / Competitions

Architectural and masonry skills give City distinctive bench

2012-12-11

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Events

12-days of stone at Barnard Castle

2012-12-11

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Setting the standard : BS1341 external paving

2012-12-11

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The Merry Month : The clocks have gone back, but let's not go back in time on Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

2012-12-11

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Market Intelligence

Marketing : The importance of PR

2012-12-11

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Training

A qualified workforce : NHTG drops its ITG

2012-12-11

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Readers projects : Blenkinsopp Castle consolidation sets mason off on new career

2012-12-11

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Market Intelligence

Housing : When it's natural stone it's built to last

2012-12-11

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Stone cleaning : The hot topic is superheated water systems

2012-12-11

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Equipment

Machinery : New agencies for Roccia after another successful year

2012-12-11

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Stone sources : Portland Stone Firms

2012-12-11

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Stone Federation stalwarts step down

2012-12-11

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Something exotic from Chiltern Marble at Sleep 2012 today and tomorrow (21&22 November)

2012-12-11

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Training

Money available for masonry training

2012-12-11

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The super-heated subject in stone cleaning

2012-12-11

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Natural Stone Memorials

Chilmark memorial to teenager killed by a polar bear

2012-12-11

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Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

Should self-employed be exempt from Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental legislation? Have your say

2012-11-20

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Market Intelligence

Accountants call for cut in VAT on building to 5%

2012-11-20

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