While nobody wants to understate the impact of a pandemic that has killed millions of people all over the world, it has left all the diverse sectors of the stone industry in the UK in a generally healthy state.

Low carbon, low maintenance, sustainable stone has a lot to offer housing. And with the government having committed to adding 300,000 homes a year to the UK’s housing stock by the mid-2020s to try to solve a 4million home shortfall, there are opportunities for many sectors of the stone industry.