Richard Beresford, Chief Executive of the National Federation of Builders has voiced concerns that the ULEZ expansion could not have come at a worse time

Cliveden Conservation, a recognised IHBC CPD Provider is to partner with the Stone Federation to deliver a lime training day on 14 September 2023 at Reading Abbey ruins

Slabsmith software release: new version available at Stone Automation

Lichfield Cathedral joins Cathedrals' Workshop Fellowship amid exciting developments including the training of two stonemasons

DK Holdings, manufacturer and supplier of diamond tools and components has been awarded EcoVadis silver medal status.

QEST's new award focuses on sustainability with a £2,000 cash prize for the winner

Hard landscaping and building products leader Marshalls issues a profit warning ahead of the publication of its interim report on 16 August

While the fear of dying from a virus has all but disappeared from most of society, memorial masons and the rest of the death care sector are still busy.

​​​​​​​The Building Limes Forum’s main event this year, including its AGM, is taking place in Lincoln 1-3 September.

In Europe (including GB), hard surfaces (natural stone / engineered quartz / porcelain) already account for more than half the worktop market and their share will continue to grow, predicts a new report from Germany.

West Riding Stonecarving Association holds a Stone Carving Festival in the grounds of Halifax Minster on the weekend of 22-23 July.

Masons join occupations with skills shortages that can obtain visas to recruit from abroad.

Stewart Davies, the financier who rescued the Grade I listed Kelham Hall in Nottinghamshire when it became a casualty of Covid in 2021, paid the Hall a flying visit (literally) on 13 July

Cathedrals’ Workshop Fellowship supporter Hamish Ogston visits masonry workshop at Salisbury Cathedral.

Clare Howcutt-Kelly joins QMJ Group as the Editor of Natural Stone Specialist magazine, Natural Stone Bulletin and social media, taking over from Eric Bignell, who is retiring.

City & Guilds of London Art School, the internationally renowned centre of historical and architectural carving and sculpture, has appointed Tom Young as its new Head of Carving.

The Worktop Fabricators Federation Open Day held earlier this month at Granite House in Preston was attended by more than 40 members

Sculptor Tim Crawley has been awarded the Duke of Gloucester Gold Medal for Lifetime Achievement in the stone industry.

The entrance to Staffordshire’s National Memorial Arboretum has a new feature – a sculpture by local artist Graeme Mitcheson in granite from Tarmac’s Mountsorrel Quarry, near Loughborough, in Leicestershire.

Welsh Slate and Breedon Special Aggregates are supplying celebrated garden designer Paul Hervey-Brookes with materials for his latest garden at the RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show

Italian surface specialist Santamargherita launches Surfalite, a 7mm sintered stone for wet wall applications.

Premium worktop specialists, Caesarstone announce departure of Managing Director, Amir Reske

Scottish Sculptor James Parker and the team at Drystone Walling Perthshire have received the prestigious Pinnacle Award Certificate of Merit from the Dry Stone Walling Association (DSWA).

A resounding success. That’s how Stone Federation Great Britain described the Natural Stone Show’s return to ExCeL London 6-8 June after a four-year gap due to Covid.

Historic England introduced its Building Stones Database for England at the Natural Stone Show at ExCel London this month

Man dies after slabs of stone fall on him. Companies reminded of the dangers of handling slabs of stone.

Congratulations to the 10 Emerging Talents of the stone industry judged to be most likely to be leading lights in the years ahead.

The Building Limes Forum is holding a ‘lime slam’ in Lancaster on Saturday 1 July covering the use of lime rendering and harling.

Meet chef and author Will Torrent for a tasty treat on the Stone Italiana stand at the Natural Stone Show, ExCeL London, 6-8 June. 

Independent stone consultant Robert Merry is looking forward to the Natural Stone Show and Hard Surfaces exhibitions in London.

David Coster, Director of Advanced Stone & Masonry Supplies, which sells Stain Proof and Tenax products, talks to Andy Phillips, Managing Director of Affordable Granite and a founding Director of the Worktop Fabricators Federation.