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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

Events

Looking good for the Stone Show in London April 2017

2016-11-08

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

BAL appoints David Hackett as General Manager

2016-11-04

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£14.1billion – the cost of accidents and diseases from working

2016-11-02

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Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

Health & safety fines: £200,000 after employee's legs amputated; £100,000 after hoarding falls on woman

2016-10-27

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

Hardscape unveils Materials Lab for hard landscaping

2016-10-27

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

Italian Salvatori opens in London

2016-10-26

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Stones / Quarries

McKeon's Threecastles Quarry is in fashion

2016-10-26

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Stone Heritage

Cotton re-cuts marble Pope inscription at Stourhead

2016-10-26

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Stone Projects

Jimmy Choo’s Creative Director selects Belgian Blue for her own garden

2016-10-26

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Stone Heritage

Gloucester Cathedral does its bit to shrink the footprint

2016-10-26

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Stones / Quarries

New marbles from the Wild West – and that does mean the USA

2016-10-25

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Vibration exposure – Ghines says it can help

2016-10-25

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Stone Projects

First round barrow built in 3,500 years opens in Cambridgeshire

2016-10-24

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Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

Health & safety : Fines see five-fold increase as HSE warns Brexit changes nothing

2016-10-20

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‘Making It’ at the Lettering Arts Centre in Snape

2016-10-20

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Push-on tile fixing without wet adhesives – just one of the winners in the first Travis Perkins Innovation Awards

2016-10-20

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Surveying buildings with drones course on 29-30 November

2016-10-19

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Training

Check out this funding for skills and training

2016-10-19

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Events

Construction Week opens at the NEC, Birmingham

2016-10-19

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Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

£100,000 fine after hoarding falls on woman

2016-10-18

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Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

£200,000 fine after worker's legs amputated

2016-10-18

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Events

Exhibitions : Marmomacc 2016, Verona, Italy

2016-10-15

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

New Caithness company streamlines supply chain

2016-10-05

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

Caesarstone exceeds expectations in Ireland

2016-10-05

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Stone Logistics : Samskip

2016-10-05

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War memorials : Remembering the war to end all wars

2016-10-05

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Seminar on the use of robots in small companies

2016-10-04

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Events

Exhibitions : Marmomacc

2016-10-03

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Equipment

Consumables : With a bit of help from your friends

2016-10-01

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Stone cleaning : Stonehealth

2016-10-01

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

Marnhull Stone Ltd : A stone ready to make a name for itself

2016-10-01

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

London Stone Carving : Co-operative offers a wealth of stoneworking talent

2016-10-01

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Robert Merry : Contracts

2016-10-01

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Market Intelligence

Marketing : Paul Scott

2016-10-01

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Training : Mark Priestman

2016-10-01

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Market Intelligence

From the rock face

2016-10-01

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

Fox Marble says Brexit hit value of order book

2016-10-01

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Natural Stone Memorials

New premises taking shape for Robertson Memorials

2016-10-01

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Raising the profile of stonemasonry at Weald & Downland

2016-10-01

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World's fifth Cosentino City opens in London

2016-09-27

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Stone Projects

Canterbury Cathedral raises £210,000 from sale of historic masonry from the Great South Window

2016-09-27

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Market Intelligence

Marketing : Paul Scott

2016-09-24

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Market Intelligence

Get chapter and verse on hot-mix lime at Coventry Cathedral, 20 October

2016-09-20

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Szerelmey steps in to take control of William Anelay companies

2016-09-20

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£16,000 fine for exposing workers to excessive vibration from tools

2016-09-19

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Stone Awards / Competitions

Competition opens to design a Holocaust memorial

2016-09-19

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

Penrhyn Blue from Welsh//Slate chosen for Newcastle student accommodation

2016-09-18

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Stone industry gets go-ahead for its own Trailblazer apprenticeship

2016-09-14

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£10 off updated Code of Practice for worktops

2016-09-13

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Natural Stone Memorials

Obituary : Colonel Mike Dewar

2016-09-12

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William Anelay goes into Administration

2016-09-09

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Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

Director jailed and disqualified after worker crushed by falling mobile elevated work platform

2016-09-08

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Stone Projects

Pisani supplies Fox Marble stone to major London development

2016-09-08

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Vision starts to clear on Specsavers' stone Trailblazer apprenticeship

2016-09-06

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Market Intelligence

From the rock face

2016-09-05

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Natural Stone Memorials

David Francis : Grave Concerns

2016-09-05

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Market Intelligence

Mark Priestman : Training

2016-09-05

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Market Intelligence

Paul Scott : Marketing

2016-09-05

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Robert Merry : Contracts

2016-09-05

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Readers projects: Weston Library, Oxford

2016-09-05

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Stone contribution to London’s Building of the Year

2016-09-05

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Stones / Quarries

Cotswold Stone Solutions : It is not only in the Cotswolds that the limestone from the region is admired

2016-09-05

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Stone Heritage

Medieval masonry from Canterbury Cathedral to be auctioned

2016-09-02

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Training

New trailblazer apprenticeships hit an unexpected snag

2016-09-02

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Stoneasy.com continues its campaign at Marmomacc

2016-09-01

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Market Intelligence

Are you ready for Making Tax Digital?

2016-09-01

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Natural Stone Memorials

Armed Forces Memorial will re-open in November after a year of renovation and improvement just a decade after construction

2016-08-31

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Natural Stone Memorials

Memorial wholesaler fined after man's back is crushed

2016-08-30

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Market Intelligence

Marketing : Paul Scott

2016-08-26

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Market Intelligence

Leeds tackles paving thieves with Smart Water

2016-08-24

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

MGLW takes next step into the digital age

2016-08-22

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Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

Firm fined £500,000 for health & safety work at height offences

2016-08-22

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Training : Moulton's £50,000 to help students learn traditional skills

2016-08-21

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Stone Heritage

Historic England updates advice note on sourcing stone

2016-08-20

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Stone Awards / Competitions

Don’t miss out: book your table at the Natural Stone Awards

2016-08-20

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Stones / Quarries

Ham & Doulting moves back into Park Lane Bath Stone underground quarry

2016-08-20

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

Granite Granite opens two new showrooms

2016-08-20

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Stepping back 5,000 years to celebrate lives

2016-08-19

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William Anelay asks creditors to help bail it out from cash flow problem

2016-08-19

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Natural Stone Memorials

More gravestones knocked over by vandals

2016-08-16

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Market Intelligence

Concrete products industry now worth over £1.8billion in Great Britain – report

2016-08-10

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Stone Heritage

Book launch: After the Fire by Angelo Hornak

2016-08-07

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Save money on restoration of Parliament with consolidant, says Ultraseal founder

2016-08-07

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Stones / Quarries

Hanson Bath & Portland celebrates return of Monks Park Bath stone

2016-08-05

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Report: Machinery for the stone industry

2016-08-05

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The future of stone in architecture

2016-07-29

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Realstone bought by Grants of Shoreditch

2016-07-25

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Stone Heritage

HLF money for Scottish Year of stories, stones and bones

2016-07-25

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£14.5million allocated for cathedral repairs from WWI fund

2016-07-25

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Stone Republic offers tiles and slabs to match from the same block

2016-07-22

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£120,000 fine after worker sprains ankles

2016-07-22

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

Antolini plus gold

2016-07-21

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Natural Stone Memorials

Can you help trace paving stolen from new garden of remembrance?

2016-07-19

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Welsh slate book wins British Archaeology Award

2016-07-18

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

Levantina offers budget prices with ‘builders collection’

2016-07-15

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Stone Federation to create an Ethical Trading Register

2016-07-14

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Realstone negotiations continue

2016-07-12

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

CED introduces new, branded Alcantara Stone

2016-07-11

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Restorative Techniques launches new website

2016-07-11

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

Portland Stone Firms settles compensation for coastal strip

2016-07-11

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