Stone wholesaler Trade Price Stone (TPS), based in Hilton, Derbyshire, has been awarded ISO 9001 certification and has introduced a new range of slate hearths.

TPS joins an elite group of 5% of the businesses in the UK that have achieved ISO 9001 quality management system.

Paul Owen at TPS says: “We’ve always been very proud of the service we offer our customers and the way in which we conduct our business. Now, with the award of ISO 9001 certification, this has been confirmed by outside experts who are used to judging standards on a daily basis – and in a wide variety of trades and industries.”

Trade Price Stone makes a speciality of supplying Brazilian slate (although it also supplies other stones) and has now introduced a range of 20 different format hearths in Brazilian Montauk Black Slate and Brazilian Grey Slate, with honed and riven finishes.