Stoneguard, the London-based stone and conservation specialists who already have branches in Manchester, Bradford and Leeds, have opened two new offices. They are in Bath and Stirling.

Mike Hinman, who heads Stoneguard, says: This business is all about people. I wouldn\'t dream of opening an office without the right person to run it.

The people in the new offices are Ian Robertson in Bath and David Turner in Scotland.

Ian Robertson served his apprenticeship with Hanson Bath & Portland. More recently he worked for a stone importers and for the past three years ran his own company in Salisbury.

David Turner comes from Lancashire but moved to Scotland 17 years ago and has been working with Cameron (UK) there.

My plan is to cover the whole of the UK, says Mike Hinman.