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WFF on silica dust

Natalie Tinsley of the HSE speaking at the WFF masterclass in controlling dust at Granite Tops in Preston, Lancashire, on 23 January.

Market Intelligence

WFF gets the low down on silica dust

24 January 2023, by Eric Bignell
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Mission Zero

A new review of Net Zero by MP Chris Skidmore says there are opportunities for businesses to reap the financial benefits of carbon reduction while saving the planet.

Sustainability

Don’t see cutting carbon as a cost but as an historic opportunity to make money, says Chris Skidmore in Mission Zero

13 January 2023, by Eric Bignell
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CSCS card app

Check more than 2million CSCS cards onsite using a phone with the new CSCS Smart Check app.

Legislation / Standards

Have you got the CSCS card Smart Check app yet?

11 January 2023, by Eric Bignell
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Dry cutting stone creates a lot of dust

For much of his working life stonemason Gordon Somerville worked like this without wearing a mask. The damage to his lungs has left him housebound. 

Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

Stonemason housebound by diseases from dust blames ignorance

10 January 2023, by Eric Bignell
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Improving Silicosis Outcomes in the UK

The slimmed down, less dramatic up-date of the All Party Parliamentary Group's report on silicosis.

Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

Updated Parliamentary report calls for silicosis to return to being a notifiable disease

10 January 2023, by Eric Bignell
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D Zambelis take on Emmedue agency

The Emmedue agency for the UK has been taken on by D Zambelis.

D Zambelis takes on Emmedue agency

10 January 2023, by Eric Bignell
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Editor's Picks

  • Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental
    Dry cutting stone creates a lot of dust

    Stonemason housebound by diseases from dust blames ignorance

    2023-01-10
  • Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental
    Improving Silicosis Outcomes in the UK

    Updated Parliamentary report calls for silicosis to return to being a notifiable disease

    2023-01-10
  • Natural / Engineered Stone Company News
    Chris Churm

    New MD of Marshalls Stone and Landscape Protection prepares for Martyn’s Law with anti-terrorist products

    2022-11-22
  • Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental
    Trolex wins Air Quality and Emissions Award

    Two more awards for Trolex realtime silica dust moniter

    2022-11-18
  • Training
    Stone in construction

    Stone in Construction course for architects and designers

    2022-08-03
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  • Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

    Latest launch from Lapitec joins full-bodied range free from crystalline silica and petrochemicals

    2022-08-01
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    Inclusive Infrastructure Solutions from Hardscape

    Hardscape introduces ‘Inclusive Infrastructure Solutions’

    2022-08-01
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  • Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental
    Thomond Bridge at Limerick City

    Court hears how two stonemasons drowned as a result of firms' failures over winch safety mechanism

    2022-07-29
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  • Stone Heritage
    Stone stolen

    Stone stolen from National Trust property

    2022-07-28
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  • Natural / Engineered Stone Company News
    New people at Marshalls

    Marshalls strengthens human rights focus

    2022-07-28
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  • Equipment
    Mapei introduces eight new UltraCare surface protectors

    Mapei introduces eight new UltraCare surface protectors

    2022-07-28
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  • Legislation / Standards
    Jordans Whitbed natural stone feature wall

    The long-awaited Part 5 (interiors) of BS 8298 is open for public comment

    2022-07-27
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  • Stone Heritage
    National Trust gets £6.2million from the Hamish Ogston Foundation

    National Trust gets £6.2million from charity to train apprentices

    2022-07-24
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  • Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental
    DCM in confined spaces can kill

    Restoration worker killed by DCM paint stripper

    2022-07-24
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  • Training
    Houses of Parliament

    Opportunities for an apprenticeship working on the Houses of Parliament

    2022-07-23
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  • Stone Heritage
    Purbeck gravestone found on shipwreck

    Medieval shipwreck carrying preserved Purbeck limestone gravestones given highest level of protection

    2022-07-22
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  • Natural / Engineered Stone Company News
    Mathew Haslam

    Hardscape staff given ownership of the company through an employee ownership trust

    2022-07-19
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  • Equipment
    Donatoni and Stone Automation sign agreement

    New company Stone Automation to take over distribution of Donatoni Macchine in the UK and Ireland

    2022-07-18
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  • Natural / Engineered Stone Company News
    Caesarstone Smokestone with the look of Nero Marquina

    Caesarstone launches first collection of porcelain worktops

    2022-07-13
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  • Natural / Engineered Stone Company News
    Megan and Angus Jones in front of the new showroom

    Sixth generation joins AF Jones

    2022-07-13
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  • Events
    Tradex22

    NAMM is back at Warwickshire Exhibition Centre with Tradex22

    2022-07-10
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  • Craft skills training centre proposed by York Minster

    York Minster aims for excellence at new training centre

    2022-07-08
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  • Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental
    Trolex Air XS

    Trolex Air XS wins Gold at the UK Business Awards

    2022-07-08
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  • Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

    HSE: 30 people died in construction in the past year

    2022-07-07
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  • Stone Heritage
    Appointments at Cliveden Conservation

    Cliveden adds skills with new appointments

    2022-07-07
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  • Training
    Burngate Purbeck Stone Centre summer courses

    Purbeck stone training centre relaunches

    2022-07-04
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  • Training
    QEST Scholarship applications

    Webinars to help you gain an £18,000 QEST Scholarship 13 & 28 July

    2022-07-04
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  • Market Intelligence
    11m long Portland limestone and granite post-tensioned beam

    11m long beam of post-tensioned Portland stone hung at The Royal Academy of Art

    2022-07-01
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  • Natural / Engineered Stone Company News
    Bento Sink

    Is this natural stone sink what the bathroom has been waiting for?

    2022-06-30
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  • Training
    Training at York College

    Careers in stone: Blazing a trail for high standards in stonemasonry

    2022-06-30
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  • Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental
    Fallen MEWP

    Man killed when elevating work platform falls on to M25

    2022-06-28
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  • Natural / Engineered Stone Company News
    Bardiglio, Carrara and Nero Marquina marbles supplied and fitted at Harrods by stoneCIRCLE

    Project: Squaring the stoneCIRCLE for Harrods, Britain's best known store

    2022-06-28
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  • Market Intelligence
    Daniel Waters

    Brief in counters: by David Coster

    2022-06-26
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  • Natural / Engineered Stone Company News
    DBR wins contract for intrusive surveying of the Houses of Parliament

    DBR appointed general contractor for Palace of Westminster ground assessments

    2022-06-22
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  • Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental
    falling masonry

    Belfast street cordoned off after masonry falls from unused hotel

    2022-06-22
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  • Natural / Engineered Stone Company News
    Barratt Z House

    Silestone launches social media sustainability campaign as the material is chosen for Barratt zero carbon home

    2022-06-19
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  • Market Intelligence
    Robert Merry

    The Merry Month: by Robert Merry

    2022-06-17
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  • Legislation / Standards

    Keep up with planning changes with Lichfields

    2022-06-16
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  • Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental
    woman with headscarf

    Dublin stone and tile company ordered to pay headscarf-wearing job applicant €1,500 after asking where she was from originally

    2022-06-16
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  • Events
    WINS meeting June 2022

    70 Women In Natural Stone (WINS) meet at The Counting House

    2022-06-16
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  • Events
    WFF meets at Bellagio

    WFF seeks out better equipped staff in better equipped factories as it meets at Bellagio

    2022-06-16
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  • Market Intelligence
    Clevedon Pier with Forest Pennant mixed colour paving

    Stone in landscaping: For the love of nature

    2022-06-15
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  • Market Intelligence
    Nigel Stubbings

    Obituary: Nigel Stubbings

    2022-06-13
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  • Training
    Mark Priestman

    A Qualified Workforce: by Mark Priestman

    2022-06-12
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  • Events

    On Form all-stone garden sculpture exhibition

    2022-06-12
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  • Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental
    materials handling for stone

    Materials handling: Get a grip!

    2022-06-12
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  • Training
    CSCS PQP card

    CIC offers new route to CSCS card for professionals

    2022-06-10
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  • Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental
    Dust crackdown on building sites this month

    HSE month-long crackdown on dust on building sites

    2022-06-06
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  • Natural / Engineered Stone Company News
    Restore London

    Celebrating 10 years of restoring London

    2022-06-05
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  • Equipment
    D Zambelis open days

    D Zambelis open days ‘a great success’

    2022-05-22
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  • Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental
    Master of Stone

    Caesarstone launches Master of Stone online training centre

    2022-05-20
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  • Market Intelligence
    The website of the monks building their monastery

    Monks build themselves a Gothic monastery

    2022-05-20
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  • Stone Heritage
    Jordon Cliffe at Canterbury Cathedral

    £2.3million for Cathedral Workshops as the Hamish Ogston Foundation continues its support

    2022-05-19
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  • Natural / Engineered Stone Company News
    A Cosentino postbox

    Fun with a serious message as Cosentino sponsors Clerkenwell Design Week – 24-26 May 2022

    2022-05-19
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  • Natural / Engineered Stone Company News
    Talasey's new headquarters

    Talasey moves into ‘UK centre of excellence for the landscaping industry’

    2022-05-19
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  • Events
    The D Zambelis headquarters

    Open days at D Zambelis – 19-21 May

    2022-05-18
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  • Training
    CITB Business Plan

    CITB publishes spending plans for £764.3million

    2022-05-18
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  • Events
    Tamsin Pickeral, Operations Director of Szerelmey

    Women involved in the stone industry are invited to The Counting House

    2022-05-17
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  • Stone Awards / Competitions
    Zoe Wilson

    Stone artist Zoë Wilson to follow London Craft Week with TV appearance

    2022-05-10
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  • Stone Heritage
    Swindon Tabernacl stones

    Swindon reconsiders the fate of its famous Tabernacle portico

    2022-05-08
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  • Stone Projects
    Cleaning with ThermaTech

    Restorative Techniques helps Birmingham come clean about its erratic boulders

    2022-05-06
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  • Natural Stone Memorials
    Yvonne Colverston

    BRAMM appoints Board member Yvonne Colverston as first Executive Officer

    2022-05-06
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  • Stone Awards / Competitions
    Landscape Institute Awards

    Last chance to enter Landscape Institute Awards 2022

    2022-05-05
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  • Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental
    Construction site

    30+ construction companies that used trafficked slaves were just the tip of the iceberg

    2022-05-04
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  • Market Intelligence
    Concrete production site

    Global cement producers put their money behind carbon-free concrete

    2022-05-04
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  • Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental
    HSE guidance on masks

    HSE issues safety alert about ear-loop masks

    2022-05-01
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  • Events
    Will Carter restrospective at The Lettering Arts Trust

    The Lettering Arts Trust presents – Will Carter: Man of Letters

    2022-04-29
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  • Equipment
    Intermac stone tech days

    Open days at Intermac Tech Centre

    2022-04-29
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  • Training
    Priestman Associates

    Priestman Associates win contracts for training SAPs

    2022-04-28
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  • Events
    Cevisama 2020

    Cevisama exhibition cancelled as manufacturers hit by Ukraine war

    2022-04-22
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  • Stone Heritage
    Ian Thomas

    National Stone Centre founder Ian Thomas receives Distinguished Service Award from the Geological Society

    2022-04-21
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  • Stone Projects
    Welsh Slate at Nansledan

    Welsh Slate tops a sustainability exemplar

    2022-04-20
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  • Training
    Jemima Finch-Darling

    New video from the Masons Livery Company

    2022-04-20
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  • Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental
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    Crime family jailed for making modern slaves of trafficked construction workers

    2022-04-19
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  • Events
    European Stone Festival 2023

    European Stone Festival should be back next year

    2022-04-18
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  • Stones / Quarries
    Welsh Slate on a roof at Nansledan

    Welsh Slate seeks permission to extend Penrhyn Quarry

    2022-04-17
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  • Market Intelligence
    Sam Hotten of Stone Sense

    Brief in counters: by David Coster

    2022-04-15
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  • Equipment
    The X-Rite spectrophotometer

    TOOLS: Sweat those assets

    2022-04-14
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  • Natural / Engineered Stone Company News
    Luis Monfort Perelló

    Porcelanosa: Shhhh... It’s natural stone

    2022-04-14
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  • Training
    Mark Priestman

    A Qualified Workforce: by Mark Priestman

    2022-04-14
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  • Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental
    No picture

    Company fined after wall collapse leads to child’s toe being amputated

    2022-04-12
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  • Stone Projects
    HiMacs bar

    HiMacs in Paradise

    2022-04-11
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  • Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental
    Natural stone complements underfloor heating

    Heatpumps: The sustainable alternative to gas

    2022-04-11
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  • Natural Stone Memorials
    2021 winner of Memorial Design Competition

    Win £1,000 in the BRAMM Memorial Design Award

    2022-04-10
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  • Natural / Engineered Stone Company News
    Patrick Perus, CEO of Polycor

    Polycor continues expansion by adding another Indiana limestone company

    2022-04-10
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  • Natural / Engineered Stone Company News
    London Stone

    London Stone opens new showroom in Birmingham

    2022-04-09
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  • Equipment
    TheWall

    Power-up interior walls with TheWall

    2022-04-09
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  • Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental
    Trolex Air XS real time silica dust monitor award

    Trolex real-time silica dust monitor is Highly Commended at health & safety awards

    2022-04-07
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  • Stone Heritage
    National Stone Centre reimagined

    National Stone Centre reimagined as mining museum plans to join it

    2022-04-06
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  • Market Intelligence
    Free mentoring on going digital

    CITB funds free mentoring to help smaller firms go digital

    2022-04-04
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  • Stone Projects
    Elephant Park natural stone water feature

    Elephant Park: Giving nature a helping hand in the heart of London

    2022-04-04
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  • Natural / Engineered Stone Company News
    Matt Rotherham and chief operating officer Daniela Duduman

    Matt Rotherham opens first Gemini Worktops showroom

    2022-04-01
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  • Training
    NSITG visits Bath College

    Stone training group visits Bath College masonry department

    2022-03-31
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  • Equipment
    Intermac's Tech Centre in Daventry

    Discover how you can increase quality and efficiency at Intermac's stone processing tech days

    2022-03-29
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  • Market Intelligence
    Robert Merry

    The Merry Month: by Robert Merry

    2022-03-28
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  • Training
    Bakers of Danbury offers training in churches

    Bakers of Danbury offers unique heritage building training programme

    2022-03-23
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  • Natural / Engineered Stone Company News
    From the Pooil Vash website

    Burlington adds Manx Pooil Vaaish to its American exports

    2022-03-23
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  • Stone Heritage
    Master Martin Low with the statuette he donated

    Statuette marks the 550th anniversary of the Masons’ Livery Company Grant of Arms

    2022-03-23
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  • Natural / Engineered Stone Company News
    Bob Hutcheson joins Robertson Granite

    Non-Exec appointed to drive long-term strategy at Robertson Granite

    2022-03-22
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  • Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental
    Barefoot with no PPE onsite in Manchester

    Contractor fined for site where people worked barefoot

    2022-03-22
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  • Natural Stone Memorials
    Memorial to William Oliver Collins

    Memorial to 'Big Willy Collins, King of Sheffield', erected without permission, says council

    2022-03-21
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  • Natural Stone Memorials
    Mark with painted Armoy memorial

    Armoy Armada memorial gets finishing touches 14 years after being installed

    2022-03-15
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  • Stone Awards / Competitions

    Natural Stone Awards 2022 – entry open

    2022-03-10
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  • Events
    WFF at KBB 2022

    KBB returns to the NEC

    2022-03-08
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