Work Health and Safety ministers in Australia met on 22 March 2024 to discuss the draft amendments to the model WHS Regulations to give effect to the engineered stone ban

The National Federation of Builders (NFB) said it supports the Government's pledge to refresh its Help to Grow campaign following a recent announcement. In this announcement, the Government said it will reassert its commitment to make the UK the best place to start and grow a small business

Falls from height were the cause of most work-related fatalities in Britain during 2022/23, according to the latest figures from the Health & Safety Executive, with 40 workers killed in falls from height last year

Within the past seven days, Safe Work Australia CEO Marie Boland has issued a statement surrounding the prohibition under the model WHS (work health safety) laws to protect thousands of workers from respirable crystalline silica

Reaction to UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt’s 2023 autumn statement among the UK’s construction sector has been broadly positive

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

Jon Prichard, Chief Executive of the Mineral Products Association, has written to Kemi Badenoch, Secretary of State for the Department for Business & Trade, stating that if the UK does not extend GIs beyond food and drink in line with Europe "our market would become a more appealing target for companies seeking to import cheap imitations". 

The stone industry needs to be clearer about the carbon benefits of using local stones and present more information about it, says Stone Federation planning consultant Sam Thistlethwaite.

CSCS Smart Check for on-site security and safety

Michael Poultney, the MD of Portland stone mining company Albion Stone, says without GI "the UK will become a dumping ground for cheap and dangerous fakes".

BS 8298 Part 5 for natural stone interior lining is out for public comment.