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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
  • Stone Awards / Competitions
    SPAB relaunches its Heritage Awards

    SPAB introduces craftsperson category to its awards

    2022-03-07
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  • Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental
    HSE prosecution

    Contractor given community work after ignoring HSE Inspector

    2022-03-04
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  • Stone Awards / Competitions
    Marsh Award candidate

    Know someone who's learnt new heritage skills? Enter them for the IHBC Marsh Awards and they could win £500

    2022-03-04
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  • Stone Heritage
    Sally Strachey Director James Preston at the top of the spire

    Sally Strachey Director James Preston makes safe spire where the top was blown off in storm Eunice

    2022-03-04
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  • Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental
    wall and scaffolding after the collapse

    Suspended prison sentences, £344,300 fines and £197,700 costs following death when church wall and scaffolding collapse

    2022-03-03
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  • Natural / Engineered Stone Company News
    Adil Jan

    Marshalls appoints Adil Jan to expand its digital future

    2022-03-03
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  • Natural / Engineered Stone Company News
    Crystal Palace Subway

    DBR awarded Crystal Palace Subway restoration contract

    2022-03-03
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  • Legislation / Standards
    CSCS card

    Webinars to explain the new CSCS Smart Check app this month

    2022-03-03
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  • Training
    CWF graduates 2021

    Cathedral craft-based graduates receive their degrees

    2022-03-02
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  • Market Intelligence
    Stone Digital on demand

    STONE DIGITAL: Shaping a Sustainable Future – available on catch-up until the end of April

    2022-03-02
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  • Market Intelligence
    Stone Digital On Demand

    STONE DIGITAL: Stone in a low carbon, digitized world

    2022-02-28
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  • Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental
    Code of Practice for preventing silicosis among worktop fabricators

    Code of Practice on silica exposure adopted in Australia

    2022-02-26
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  • Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental
    Pallet Loop

    Go green with your pallets

    2022-02-25
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  • Training
    Mark Priestman

    A Qualified Workforce : by Mark Priestman

    2022-02-25
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  • Training
    skillbuild

    SkillBuild 2022 – register to take part now

    2022-02-23
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  • Market Intelligence

    Landscape Forum

    2022-02-23
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  • Market Intelligence
    Cyber Security for Construction Businesses

    Cyber security guidance from GCHQ - download it here

    2022-02-23
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  • Market Intelligence
    Fitzgerald Contractors hand ownership to employees

    Civils company sets up trust for employee ownership

    2022-02-22
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  • Events
    Simon Souter

    WFF becomes an official backer of KBB

    2022-02-21
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  • Equipment
    Trolex Air XS

    Silica dust monitor keeps you safe

    2022-02-20
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  • Market Intelligence
    Max Cunningham

    Brief in counters : by David Coster

    2022-02-19
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  • Market Intelligence
    Dr Paul Shepherd on the vaulted concrete floor

    Concrete catches up with stone on the benefits of vaulting

    2022-02-19
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  • Market Intelligence
    fallen spire

    Top blown off church spire by Storm Eunice

    2022-02-19
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  • Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental
    construction worker

    CSCS test fraudsters sent to prison

    2022-02-19
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  • Natural / Engineered Stone Company News
    Ceralsio clads Sussex house

    Ceralsio gives 1940s house in Sussex that clad all over feeling

    2022-02-14
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  • Events
    Stone digital conference

    Stone Digital – Shaping a sustainable future... programme of speakers

    2022-02-14
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  • Stone Heritage
    DBR stonework for the Elizabeth Tower

    DBR gains place on prestigious restoration framework for Parliament

    2022-02-14
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  • Natural / Engineered Stone Company News
    Bellagio and Marble Ideas merge

    STONE FABRICATORS: Stronger together as Bellagio Marble Ideas

    2022-02-13
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  • Natural / Engineered Stone Company News
    Athena celebrates 10th anniversary

    STONE CLEANING: Athena Stonecare celebrates 10 years of caring for stone

    2022-02-12
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  • Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental
    Silica – The next asbestos?

    Parliamentary Group calls for evidence on silicosis risk reduction

    2022-02-11
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  • Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental
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    Tudor Stonework fined after employee injured by forklift truck while moving slab

    2022-02-10
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  • Natural / Engineered Stone Company News
    James Semmens (left) and Oliver Webb

    Cullifords looks forward to another bumper year for stone

    2022-02-09
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  • Natural Stone Memorials
    grave of Michael Collins

    Granite Necrology Wall at Dublin’s Glasnevin Cemetery to lose inscriptions after third attack

    2022-02-07
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  • Training
    Students at the BCC

    CITB uses National Apprenticeship Week to introduce toolkits to help businesses with recruitment

    2022-02-07
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  • Natural Stone Memorials
    Glade of Light

    STONE IN LANDSCAPING: Glade of Light commemorates 22 victims of a suicide bomber

    2022-02-05
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  • Natural / Engineered Stone Company News
    Diana Catrinoi-Cornea

    London Stone Appoints New Director

    2022-02-04
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  • Market Intelligence
    Lee Jones

    Ditch PDFs for product specs and go for drop-in digital data to increase sales, says Lee Jones

    2022-02-04
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  • Stone Heritage
    Trinity Tower

    Glasgow residents evacuated as stone tower is considered dangerous after storm

    2022-02-03
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  • Market Intelligence
    Robert Merry

    The Merry Month : by Robert Merry

    2022-02-02
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  • Stones / Quarries
    Bill Bolsover (left) and Nicholas Johnston

    SigmaRoc concludes deal to buy Johnston Quarry Group

    2022-02-02
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  • Market Intelligence

    Burton Roofing parent sold

    2022-02-01
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  • Market Intelligence
    Dame Judith Hackitt

    Building sectors must work together – Dame Judith Hackitt

    2022-02-01
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  • Equipment
    GMM factory

    GMM takes controlling share of Bavelloni

    2022-02-01
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  • Events
    The Case for Stone webinar

    Stone Federation makes the Case for Stone in webinar series

    2022-01-31
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  • Stone Heritage
    Exeter Cathedral

    Heritage stonemasonry companies sought for Exeter Cathedral cloister rebuild

    2022-01-21
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  • Events
    Stone Digital – Shaping a Sustainable Future

    Shaping a Sustainable Future with stone – 22 & 23 February 2022

    2022-01-14
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  • Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental
    PPE regulation amendment in April

    From April employers must provide PPE for casual workers

    2022-01-14
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  • Legislation / Standards
    quartz on fire

    Warning of possible fire risk from engineered stone in new cladding PAS from BSI

    2022-01-13
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  • Natural / Engineered Stone Company News
    Mike Boydon and Rob Wilkinson from Bellagio, and Steve Buck from Marble Ideas

    Bellagio and Marble Ideas merger aims to beat the traffic

    2022-01-11
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  • Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental
    vibration

    £211,290.04 fine is a reminder of HAVS risk

    2022-01-10
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  • Natural / Engineered Stone Company News
    Johnson Quarry Group - Bill Bolsover and Nicholas Johnston

    Johnston Quarry Group and Guiting are being sold to SigmaRoc

    2022-01-06
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  • Stone Projects
    Manchester memorial

    Marble 'halo' revealed in Manchester to commemorate 2017 Arena bombing

    2022-01-05
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  • Market Intelligence
    Brian Newell

    Shackerley chairman made an MBE in New Year's Honours

    2022-01-01
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  • house collapse

    Prosecution for wall collapse highlights the danger of digging under houses

    2021-12-22
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  • Market Intelligence
    happy_christmas

    Happy Christmas

    2021-12-17
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  • Market Intelligence
    Pack Masonry Bath Stone and Purbeck house

    Stone for housing: Demand for British stone remains strong

    2021-12-16
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  • Stone Heritage
    Written in stone

    Heritage Masonry: Significance and climate change

    2021-12-16
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  • Stone Heritage
    Rory with Big Ben

    HERITAGE MASONRY: A towering achievement

    2021-12-16
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  • Stone Heritage
    St Lawrence Jewry Church

    St Lawrence Jewry Church: First major overhaul for Wren church since Blitz renovation

    2021-12-15
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  • Market Intelligence
    producer prices

    Producer output prices rise 9.1%

    2021-12-15
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  • Natural Stone Memorials
    Maquettes of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

    London Stone Carving commissioned to produce life-size sculptures of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert for the Royal Albert Hall

    2021-12-15
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  • Market Intelligence
    Robert Merry

    The Merry Month: And a (Robert) Merry Christmas

    2021-12-15
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  • Natural / Engineered Stone Company News
    3.5m long fireplace head

    ARCHITECTURAL MASONRY: Meister Masonry liberates stone

    2021-12-14
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  • Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental
    CSCS Smart Check app

    CSCS card checking by app from April

    2021-12-14
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  • Market Intelligence
    Steve Murphy

    Brief in counters: David Coster talks to Steve Murphy

    2021-12-14
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  • Training
    work experience

    Complete this questionnaire to help school leavers choose a career in construction

    2021-12-14
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  • Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental
    Responsible sourcing pledge

    Stone Federation calls on members to sign up to new 'Responsible Sourcing Pledge'

    2021-12-13
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  • Training
    Coleg Cambria students at the at Borras Park CP School development

    Students in Wales get first hand experience of construction with ‘See Your Site’ scheme

    2021-12-10
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  • Training

    Duke of Gloucester presents his Awards for Stonemasonry

    2021-12-07
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  • Training

    £4,000 to take on apprentices – scheme extended

    2021-12-07
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  • Legislation / Standards
    UKCA

    Help with UKCA marking from the Stone Federation

    2021-12-03
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  • Training

    Do you need a QEST Scholarship to further your skills? Applications open 10 January

    2021-12-01
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  • Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

    Quarry operative runs for cover from fly ash in blasting at Cwt-y-Bugail slate quarry

    2021-11-26
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  • Market Intelligence

    Builders Merchant sales indicate construction remains strong

    2021-11-25
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  • Training

    NSITG: With your help, training can overcome skill shortages in the stone industry

    2021-11-24
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  • Stone Projects

    Shawn Williamson Portland limestone bust of Piloto Pardo unveiled in London

    2021-11-23
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  • Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

    Obituary – Craig Liddle (1953-2021)

    2021-11-20
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  • Market Intelligence

    Chris Kelsey is new President of Stone Federation

    2021-11-19
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  • Market Intelligence

    Brief in counters: by David Coster

    2021-11-18
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  • Stone Heritage

    Heritage Forum: Clara Willet interview

    2021-11-17
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  • Market Intelligence

    The Merry Month: by Robert Merry

    2021-11-15
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  • Stone Heritage

    Stone cleaning: the specialists

    2021-11-14
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  • Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

    Water recycling: Stone companies clean up their act

    2021-11-13
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  • Stone Projects

    STONE CLADDING: A1 safety with Shackerley SureClad

    2021-11-12
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  • Natural Stone Memorials

    Veterans finally cross the Channel to visit the new British Normandy Memorial

    2021-11-11
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  • Training

    Women’s stone group officially launched at The Landscape Show

    2021-11-10
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  • Training

    A Qualified Workforce: by Mark Priestman

    2021-11-09
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  • Market Intelligence

    ARCHITECTURAL STONEMASONRY: Pack Masonry is busy in Bath

    2021-11-08
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  • Market Intelligence

    The Annual Exhibition of Stonemasonry & Stone Carving opens at Gallery Different in London on 16 November

    2021-11-05
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  • Training

    EarthBound at the National Stone Centre gives microscopic view of nature

    2021-11-05
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  • Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

    New slab supplier UK Solmar opens marble warehouse

    2021-11-04
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  • Events

    Shaping a Sustainable Future with stone – 22 & 23 February 2022

    2021-11-04
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  • Stones / Quarries

    Doulting limestone quarry is for sale freehold

    2021-10-29
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  • Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

    Company fined following fatality at Sottish quarry

    2021-10-29
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  • Events

    'Teddy Boy' gets the public vote to promote Verona stone show

    2021-10-25
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  • Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

    END MODERN SLAVERY: London Stone Director calls for help with the No Child Left Behind campaign

    2021-10-21
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  • Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

    END MODERN SLAVERY: Stone that respects human dignity

    2021-10-20
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  • On Climate Action Day Marshalls commits to Net Zero by 2030

    2021-10-15
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  • Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

    London Stone plans new showroom in Hampshire

    2021-10-15
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  • Training

    New historic roofing course at West Dean as a year of Master Classes begins

    2021-10-15
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