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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

Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

New colours and features for Cosentino’s Dekton XGloss

2016-04-21

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The Merry Month : Contracts (continued)

2016-04-21

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

Albion makes a lone British appearance in China

2016-04-21

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Six invested as Master Masons in Livery Companies programme

2016-04-21

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Stone Projects

Pinnacle Award presented for dry stone shepherd’s hut at private house

2016-04-21

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Report : Materials handling

2016-04-21

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

London international : Fox Marble

2016-04-21

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Report : Diamond tooling

2016-04-21

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Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

Trip leads to fall and £6,600 fine

2016-04-21

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Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

Prison for employer after man dies when ditch collapses

2016-04-21

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Training

CITB training levy is legal, judge rules

2016-04-21

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Stones / Quarries

Lapitec chosen for John Lewis fitted kitchen department

2016-04-21

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£1million to attract people into construction in Yorkshire

2016-04-11

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Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

Harsher sentencing guidelines will impact construction, says insurance company

2016-04-01

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Smaller companies unaware of impact on them of new slavery reporting

2016-04-01

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Equipment

New Foolproof Fuelcard will remind you of significant dates at the checkout

2016-04-01

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Legislation / Standards

Bankruptcy gets even easier from now on

2016-04-01

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Reminder: New 'Living Wage' minimum wage becomes law

2016-03-31

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Stone training group meets to discuss Trailblazer apprenticeships

2016-03-31

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Training

Apprenticeships in stone : industry moves towards Trailblazers

2016-03-28

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Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

Crane hire company fined £750,000 for two deaths in collapse of tower crane

2016-03-23

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Stonemasons : Cerrig Granite & Slate Ltd

2016-03-21

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STONE PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY

2016-03-21

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Retired : Anthony Lidster

2016-03-21

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Report : Stone cladding

2016-03-21

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Readers projects : Macauley Walk

2016-03-21

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Stones / Quarries

From the rock face : Quarry visits

2016-03-21

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Natural Stone Memorials

Grave concerns : Why memorials lean

2016-03-21

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Training – Mark Priestman interviews Ian Major

2016-03-21

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Market Intelligence

Marketing :

2016-03-21

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The Merry Month : Contracts (prt1)

2016-03-21

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Stones / Quarries

First Monks Park Bath stone for 12 years extracted

2016-03-21

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

Masonry by James Kirby and Mark Ford

2016-03-21

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

2015 was another good year for Cosentino

2016-03-21

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Equipment

On the cover: Flex tools for the stonemason of today

2016-03-21

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

Clinton Haigh joins Albion Stone

2016-03-21

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Try the new Denver monoblock at Accurite’s showroom

2016-03-21

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Stone Age plans for the future as Managing Director Gary Walters and James Diver take over the company

2016-03-21

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Training

Heritage Alliance meeting on Trailblazer apprenticeships – 5 April

2016-03-21

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Events

A map of Ireland set in stone for Irish festival

2016-03-17

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The saving of St Mel's – a restoration story by Peter Cox and George O'Malley

2016-03-15

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Market Intelligence

April deadline for Level 2 BIM. After that it's 'digital built Britain'

2016-03-15

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TTA approved as apprenticeship Trailblazer – will you be part of the stone industry equivalent?

2016-03-14

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Market Intelligence

BIM skills lacking, says BRE Academy report

2016-03-11

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

Portland White, Carrara, Calacatta, Statuario – the names of a new range of man-made products from Granite Transformations

2016-03-11

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Sustainable stone conference to be part of Carrara stone show

2016-03-10

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

Instarmac is an even better company to work for

2016-03-08

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Training

New Apprenticeship Levy comes into force in April 2017 at 0.5% of wages bill

2016-03-07

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Market Intelligence

Email scammers demand money from firms to divert cyber attacks

2016-03-07

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Market Intelligence

Bogus companies liquidated by court after getting £300,000 worth of building materials

2016-03-07

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Winchester Cathedral to hold stone festival in July

2016-03-03

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Training

Bishop of London speaks in favour of apprenticeship proposals in the Enterprise Bill

2016-03-01

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Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

Free Safety & Health Awareness Day in Leicestershire

2016-02-29

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Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

Do more to keep safe and healthy, stone companies warned

2016-02-29

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Market Intelligence

Poll shows small businesses split and undecided over Europe

2016-02-29

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Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

Modern slavery reporting requirement comes into force at the end of March

2016-02-29

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The Merry Month : Contracts

2016-02-25

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Market Intelligence

From the rock face : Visiting the quarry

2016-02-25

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Natural Stone Memorials

Grave Concerns : Keeping memorials upright

2016-02-25

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Training : The NSITG

2016-02-25

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Market Intelligence

Marketing : Lessons to be learned from consumer marketing

2016-02-25

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The Merry Month : Contracts

2016-02-25

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Market Intelligence

Fortune still favours the brave in the information age

2016-02-23

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

New website from adhesives group Instarmac

2016-02-22

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Trailblazers wanted for new apprenticeships

2016-02-22

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Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

Structural steel company fined for failing to maintain cranes

2016-02-18

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Time off in loo – can you picture it?

2016-02-18

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

Brent Stevenson makes plaque of Alan Shearer and meets the footballing hero

2016-02-18

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University to help with BIM in Scotland

2016-02-17

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Equipment

For the record : D Zambelis

2016-02-16

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

Pat George promoted to Director at Lovell

2016-02-16

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Equipment

New faces at LPE Group as year gets off to brisk start

2016-02-16

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Equipment

Fila offers a new solution to rust staining on stone

2016-02-16

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

APS Masonry new telephone number

2016-02-16

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Stones / Quarries

Granite Granite takes on Laminam in new deal for 2016

2016-02-16

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Snow substitute for stone as team heads for the USA

2016-02-16

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Roccia Machinery starts new year by taking on agency for T&D robots. ‘Their time has come,’ says Darren Bill, Director

2016-02-16

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Events

Congratulations across the Atlantic

2016-02-16

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Stone Heritage

People may be less religious but they like churches

2016-02-16

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Stone companies help get children out of quarries in India

2016-02-16

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Equipment

New Skema Plus from Accurite offers a new entry to CNC sawing

2016-02-15

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T&D Robot brings concept into Euclidean space

2016-02-12

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The efficacy of pin fixings for memorials brought into renewed doubt by vandal attack in Welsh cemetery

2016-02-11

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The real McCoy – RIP

2016-02-11

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Market Intelligence

Don't forget: the next CIS changes take place 6 April

2016-02-11

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Training

BSRIA supports revocation of thousands of CSCS cards following BBC revelations about test cheats

2016-02-10

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Events

Find out about the future of computers in interiors at this free seminar

2016-02-08

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Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

Foreign workers in danger on building sites

2016-02-08

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

North East high flyers start year with recruitment drive

2016-02-08

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Training : Mark Priestman interviews Gordon Jenkins, CSCS Head of Operations

2016-02-05

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Stones / Quarries

For the record – Hartham Park is an underground quarry

2016-02-04

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

Help with U-values from new Rockwool online calculator

2016-02-04

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Stones / Quarries

Huddersfield proposes to drop stone requirement from local plan

2016-02-01

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Natural Stone Memorials

Design competition will result in a major Holocaust memorial in London

2016-02-01

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Stones / Quarries

Lovell Stone Group takes over production of Hartham Park Bath stone

2016-02-01

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Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

Companies fined £90,000 after fall leaves employee unable to work

2016-01-29

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Welcome

2016-01-29

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Stone Awards / Competitions

European Stone Festival goes to Salzburg this year – register now

2016-01-28

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Stone Awards / Competitions

Last chance for Natural Stone Awards – deadline for entries extended to 5 May

2016-01-28

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Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

B&CE acquires Constructing Better Health from CSCS

2016-01-28

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