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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

Look back on 50 years of Italian stone design at Marmomacc

2016-07-11

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Stone Federation focus groups roll out

2016-07-11

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Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

Dust cabinets can help tackle RCS exposure

2016-07-07

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Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

More deaths in construction

2016-07-07

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Sales of imported stone show little fluctuation

2016-07-05

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Stone industry faces the challenge of addressing modern slavery

2016-07-05

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Stones / Quarries

British Stone : Hartham Park Bath Stone

2016-07-05

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Stone Awards / Competitions

European Stone Festival : Third time’s a charm

2016-06-30

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Natural Stone Memorials

Fines reduced on company that used NAMM logo when not a member

2016-06-25

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Training

Companies will pay two training levies next year

2016-06-23

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

More than 200 turn up for The Marble & Granite Centre open days

2016-06-20

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Stone Projects

Pride of Kilkenny

2016-06-20

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Natural Stone Memorials

Grave Concerns : David Francis

2016-06-20

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

London Stone gives its showrooms a fresh new look

2016-06-20

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Natural Stone Memorials

An extra £2million for war memorials

2016-06-20

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Market Intelligence

Contracts : Robert Merry

2016-06-20

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Win a car, a motorbike, a boat, a year's free shopping and maybe £250,000

2016-06-20

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Stones / Quarries

From the Rock Face

2016-06-20

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Training : Mark Priestman

2016-06-20

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Market Intelligence

Marketing : Alan Gayle

2016-06-20

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

Administrators at Realstone continue with takeover talks

2016-06-20

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Training

Changes to CSCS Trainee cards start in August

2016-06-20

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Stone company fined £16,000 after apprentice hurt by touching power cable

2016-06-17

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Equipment

Product recall: swivel shackle on the Abaco Little Giant forklift boom lift

2016-06-15

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Stones / Quarries

Latest Dekton has the industrial look of aged steel

2016-06-15

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Thibaut has a dream that one day all memorials will once again be made in the UK…

2016-06-15

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Report : Memorials 2016

2016-06-15

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Tile Awards 2016 : Natural stone catches the judges' eyes

2016-06-15

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Training : Stone industry pushes on with plans for Trailblazer apprenticeships

2016-06-15

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Training : by Mark Priestman

2016-06-15

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Market Intelligence

Marketing : Advertising

2016-06-15

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

Dekton invites the World's best chefs to lunch

2016-06-14

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Stones / Quarries

Lovell gives Camborne School of Mines student an introduction to the natural stone industry

2016-06-14

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Stonemasons : APS Masonry

2016-06-14

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Market Intelligence

Check out this extraordinary computer-designed, self-supporting limestone structure at the Venice Biennale

2016-06-13

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Stones / Quarries

From the rock face

2016-06-13

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See stone-only garden sculpture at On Form in Oxfordshire

2016-06-12

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Natural Stone Memorials

Grave concerns : by David Francis

2016-06-11

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

Hot lime used in restoration of quicklime kilns

2016-06-11

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

D Zambelis marks 20 years of serving the stone industry

2016-06-11

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

Lincoln Cathedral uses 2010 planning law changes to protect sources of limestone

2016-06-10

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Market Intelligence

Construction output up and down

2016-06-10

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£250,000 fine after ignoring order to get lifting equipment checked

2016-06-10

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Legislation / Standards

BACS security upgrade delayed

2016-06-10

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Small firms targeted by cybercriminals

2016-06-10

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The Merry Month : Contracts (continued)

2016-06-10

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

Diespeker MD to represent the UK in the triathlon

2016-06-08

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SPAB puts its foot down on floors

2016-06-07

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Stone Awards / Competitions

If you're a stonemasonry van hero you could win £5,000

2016-06-06

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

Attempt to save Realstone fails

2016-06-05

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SHAD focuses on the dangers of dust but there are other hazards in the stone working environment – report by Stone Federation Great Britain

2016-06-03

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

Michael Gorman moves to Heritage Masonry

2016-06-02

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£13,933 – company and director contest size of penalty for using NAMM logo when they were not members

2016-06-02

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€1million for heritage projects in Ireland announced

2016-06-02

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Stone at Chelsea Flower Show

2016-06-02

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Legislation / Standards

BRE to introduce modern slavery standard

2016-06-01

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Stones / Quarries

Go quarrying online with Stoneasy

2016-05-27

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

3D drawings and printing are all part of this stonemason’s repertoire

2016-05-27

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Equipment

Carlisle firm buys the first Sasso K900

2016-05-27

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Stones / Quarries

From the rock face : from Stone Federation Quarry Forum

2016-05-27

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Natural Stone Memorials

Grave concerns : by David Francis

2016-05-27

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Training : by Mark Priestman

2016-05-27

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Market Intelligence

Learn this one trick to stop wasting money on marketing

2016-05-27

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The Merry Month : The allocation of risk

2016-05-27

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Sales appointment at Lovell

2016-05-27

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Stones / Quarries

Bath stone in full production at Hartham Park

2016-05-27

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Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

Natural Paving Products partners with Nobel Peace Prize winner to help children

2016-05-27

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When has a memorial fixing system failed, then?

2016-05-27

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Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

HSE: People die when the walls of excavations collapse

2016-05-27

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Stones / Quarries

New quarry area progresses at Johnsons Wellfield

2016-05-27

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Silestone introduces new ‘natural moods’ at KBB

2016-05-26

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Welsh slate company Wincilate bought by David Meredith & Sons

2016-05-26

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Tied up in red tape? FSB survey finds most small companies are

2016-05-26

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Market Intelligence

Construction VAT fraudsters jailed

2016-05-26

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Stone Heritage

Government provides more money for war memorial renovation

2016-05-17

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So much stone in the Tile Awards

2016-05-15

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

Fox Marble looks for another £2million from shares

2016-05-13

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Market Intelligence

Onsite construction starts up 23%

2016-05-12

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Stone Awards / Competitions

Got a good product idea? It could get you £10,000

2016-05-12

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Restorative Techniques

2016-05-10

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Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

Firm fined £100,000 after falling marble slab injures worker

2016-05-10

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Stone Projects

Anna Chromy seeks London home for Cloak of Conscience

2016-05-09

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Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

HSE: People die when the walls of holes collapse

2016-05-06

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£2.6million fine after subbie dies in collapsed trench

2016-05-06

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Market Intelligence

Marketing : Learn this one trick to stop wasting money on marketing

2016-05-05

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Want to see some exceptional crafts?

2016-05-03

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Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

BSI updates construction hoist standard

2016-05-03

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Stone Federation says criticisms about its marketing of CE Marks is 'disappointing'

2016-05-03

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Stone in interiors : And the winner is… the client

2016-04-29

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

New appointments as Natural Paving Products looks to expand into commercial projects

2016-04-27

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Stone processors : Planet Granite

2016-04-21

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TTA Business Insight Day tells companies how to overcome the fear of ‘content marketing’

2016-04-21

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Market Intelligence

From the rock face : Selling brand Britain

2016-04-21

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Market Intelligence

Granite Transformations uses stone names for new ‘Marble’ range

2016-04-21

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Market Intelligence

Grave concerns : by David Francis

2016-04-21

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Equipment

New colours and neutral-cure

2016-04-21

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Training : by Mark Priestman

2016-04-21

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Equipment

Pat Sharkey Engineering sells first Sasso K900 to Ian Lowes and introduces LEV testing

2016-04-21

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Stones / Quarries

Lovell Stone’s first block of Bath stone from Hartham Park

2016-04-21

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Equipment

New Platino workcentre launched by Prussiani Engineering

2016-04-21

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