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11m long Portland limestone and granite post-tensioned beam
The Portland limestone and granite, 11m long beam suspended in the The Royal Acaedmy of Arts Summer Exhibition.
Market Intelligence

11m long beam of post-tensioned Portland stone on show at The Royal Acadamy of Art

01 July 2022, by EricBignell
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Bento Sink
Is the Bento Sink – a sink containing smaller boxes – what the bathroom has been waiting for? Italian company Kreoo thinks so.
Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

Is this sink what the bathroom has been waiting for?

30 June 2022, by EricBignell
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Training at York College

York College stonemasonry tutor Paul Hill with a student. York is running two Trailblazer courses from September, 15 apprentices in each, and had to turn some away because it had no more room for them.

Training

Careers in stone: Blazing a trail for high standards in stonemasonry

30 June 2022, by EricBignell
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DBR wins contract for intrusive surveying of the Houses of Parliament
DBR has been awarded a £903,000 contract for the next phase of surveying of the Houses of Parliament. Photo: Houses of Parliament Restoration & Renewal
Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

DBR appointed general contractor for Palace of Westminster ground assessments

22 June 2022, by EricBignell
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Barratt Z House

The Barratt Z House – the 'Z' stands for zero, as in zero carbon.

Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

Silestone launches social media sustainability campaign as the material is chosen for Barratt zero carbon home

19 June 2022, by EricBignell
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woman with headscarf
Firm ordered to pay €1,500 to woman wearing a headscarf who was asked at a job interview where she was from originally.
Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

Dublin stone and tile company ordered to pay headscarf-wearing job applicant €1,500 after asking where she was from originally

16 June 2022, by EricBignell
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Editor's Picks

  • Events

    On Form all-stone garden sculpture exhibition – on now

    2022-06-12
  • Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental
    Dust crackdown on building sites this month

    HSE month-long crackdown on dust on building sites

    2022-06-06
  • Natural / Engineered Stone Company News
    Restore London

    Celebrating 10 years of restoring London

    2022-06-05
  • Events
    Tradex22

    NAMM is back at Warwickshire Exhibition Centre with Tradex22

    2022-03-10
  • Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

    Interiors in stone: Stone in the lap of luxury

    2021-09-03
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  • Stone Heritage

    Stone in renovation: An oast story with reclaimed Cwt-y-Bugail

    2021-09-02
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  • Training

    The first stone Trailblazer apprenticeships begin

    2021-09-02
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  • Events

    New Stone Digital event to explore a ‘new normal’ for the industry

    2021-08-24
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  • Legislation / Standards

    Change from CE marking to UKCA put back a year

    2021-08-24
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  • Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

    Company fined £40,000 for vibration offences

    2021-08-23
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  • Stone Heritage

    Purbeck Marble: Conservation and Repair – Historic England Technical Advice Note

    2021-08-23
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  • Events

    Lettering Arts Trust presents 'On a Knife Edge – Nature in Peril'

    2021-08-23
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  • Legislation / Standards

    “The employee was not a good worker, so I did not think they deserved to be paid the National Minimum Wage”

    2021-08-17
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  • Natural Stone Memorials

    Obituary: David Langham Francis. 1939-2021

    2021-08-14
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  • Stone Heritage

    Stonebuilt Ireland boost from National Heritage Week

    2021-08-14
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  • Market Intelligence

    Brief in counters... David Coster talks to Michael Cohen, MD of slab wholesaler Imperial Stone Group

    2021-08-10
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  • Stone Heritage

    National Stone Centre gets a boost as it becomes the new home of the Institute of Quarrying

    2021-08-10
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  • Market Intelligence

    First meeting of Women in Natural Stone (WINS) on 23 September

    2021-08-10
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  • Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

    Stone importers and wholesalers: Stone holds its own against the coronavirus

    2021-07-30
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  • Stone Heritage

    Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales becomes a UNESCO World Heritage Site

    2021-07-28
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  • Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

    New workplace posters for eased Covid restrictions

    2021-07-28
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  • Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

    Marshalls introduces more dark granites for hard landscaping

    2021-07-27
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  • Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

    New faces at Caesarstone

    2021-07-27
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  • Stone Awards / Competitions

    Nominate someone you know who deserves recognition for excellence in stonemasonry

    2021-07-23
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  • Market Intelligence

    WFF seeks to make clear responsibilities for worktop quality

    2021-07-22
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  • Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

    CLC statement on Covid Site Operating Procedures

    2021-07-19
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  • Training

    Free training downloads from COTAC

    2021-07-16
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  • Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

    From block to finished project: Proud to be Traditional

    2021-07-16
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  • Natural Stone Memorials

    Exhibition explains the geology of gravestones

    2021-07-15
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  • Legislation / Standards

    CLC will issue a statement about Site Operating Procedures Thursday morning (15 July)

    2021-07-14
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  • Training

    CSCS card for trainees on placements

    2021-07-14
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  • Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

    New colours on show in up-dated brochure from CRL Quartz plus 11 new designs of Ceralsio

    2021-07-13
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  • Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

    Welsh Slate helps you visualise your flooring and paving

    2021-07-13
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  • Market Intelligence

    The definitive story of Bath Stone

    2021-07-13
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  • Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

    PPE must be provided for all ‘workers’, not just employees

    2021-07-13
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  • Legislation / Standards

    ASTM International to host symposium in USA on dimensional stone use

    2021-07-13
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  • British Normandy Memorial: The sacrifice recorded in stone at last

    2021-07-12
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  • Market Intelligence

    The Merry Month: by Robert Merry

    2021-07-09
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  • Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

    Construction accounts for a quarter of worker fatalities in latest HSE report

    2021-07-09
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  • Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

    Government calls on business to commit to Net Zero

    2021-07-07
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  • Training

    A Qualified Workforce: by Mark Priestman

    2021-07-06
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  • Training

    Hamish Ogston Foundation puts millions into traditional skills

    2021-07-05
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  • Market Intelligence
    The granite steps that disappeared

    The strange case of Aberdeen’s missing granite steps

    2021-07-03
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  • Equipment

    D Zambelis opens new showroom & training centre

    2021-07-03
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  • Market Intelligence

    Interiors & Surface Materials: by Stone Federation Great Britain

    2021-07-02
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  • Stone Heritage

    It’s now or never for biodiversity project in Portland mine

    2021-07-01
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  • Training

    Stone finally gets its Trailblazer apprenticeship

    2021-07-01
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  • Training

    If you want skilled people you will have to train them

    2021-06-17
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  • Legislation / Standards

    WFF works with HSE on silica dust study

    2021-06-15
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  • Market Intelligence

    WFF sets the standard for worktop companies

    2021-06-15
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  • Natural Stone Memorials

    Stone memorials: the year of the pandemic

    2021-06-12
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  • Market Intelligence

    Enniskillen landmark is being renovated

    2021-06-12
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  • Natural Stone Memorials

    Cliveden Conservation wins prestigious Natural Stone Award for Cromer War Memorial renovation

    2021-06-11
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  • Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

    Greenough wins its largest ever roofing contract as it celebrates its 50th anniversary

    2021-06-11
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  • Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

    Mayflowerstone aims to double turnover with £600,000 spend

    2021-06-11
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  • Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

    Marshalls CEO Martyn Coffey speaks out against child labour

    2021-06-10
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  • Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

    Szerelmey becomes first Ethical Stone Register ‘Verification’ level contractor

    2021-06-09
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  • Natural Stone Memorials

    Normandy memorial commemorating D-Day officially opened

    2021-06-07
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  • Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

    Kentish Ragstone company Gallagher is an 'Estuary Visionary’

    2021-06-07
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  • Stone Awards / Competitions

    20th Natural Stone Awards: Special Awards – Lifetime Achievement / Rising Star / People's Choice

    2021-06-05
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  • Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

    HSE to continue Covid compliance checks

    2021-06-03
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  • Market Intelligence

    Call for companies to take part in bigger BIM survey

    2021-06-02
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  • Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

    Marshalls recognised as one of Europe’s climate change champions

    2021-06-01
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  • Market Intelligence

    The Merry Month: 10th anniversary

    2021-05-28
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  • Events

    1,100 companies exhibit as Xiamen Stone Fair returns to the showground

    2021-05-27
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  • Market Intelligence

    Adhesives, sealants and enhancers: For surfaces that can cope with lockdown

    2021-05-25
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  • Stone Heritage

    Historic England Advice Note: Graffiti on Historic Buildings – free download

    2021-05-25
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  • Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

    IP Surfaces: Making the impossible, possible

    2021-05-21
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  • Stone Heritage

    English Heritage says AI could help it cut costs by a quarter

    2021-05-20
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  • Stone Heritage

    Heritage Forum: Repair stonework for a greener home

    2021-05-19
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  • Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

    Return to work safely, says HSE

    2021-05-17
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  • Training

    A Qualified Workforce: by Mark Priestman

    2021-05-16
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  • Natural Stone Memorials

    War Graves Commission and the Church of England promise to address historic racism of memorials

    2021-05-16
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  • Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

    €16million project to make mining carbon neutral

    2021-05-11
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  • Covid reboot could be good for stone

    2021-05-08
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  • Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

    Prison for uninsured builder who failed to report amputation accident

    2021-05-07
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  • Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

    Bradstone cuts the carbon content of its concrete paving by 20%

    2021-05-06
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  • Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

    Caesarstone offers a breath of fresh air

    2021-05-05
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  • Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

    Dekton sets out its green credentials

    2021-05-04
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  • Equipment

    Technical sales engineer from South Africa joins BV

    2021-05-02
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  • Market Intelligence

    Remain vigilant as showrooms re-open, says WFF

    2021-05-01
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  • Market Intelligence

    Green Homes Grant could make a come-back in the autumn

    2021-04-29
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  • Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

    Natural Stone Surfaces: How to grow 20% a year

    2021-04-25
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  • Events

    on form unlocked at Asthall Manor in May

    2021-04-24
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  • Events

    Calling stonemasons and carvers: your chance to exhibit in a major London gallery

    2021-04-24
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  • Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

    Polycor promises to be carbon neutral by 2026

    2021-04-22
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  • Market Intelligence

    Drugs smuggled in stone shipments

    2021-04-19
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  • Market Intelligence

    The Merry Month: by Robert Merry

    2021-04-17
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  • Stone Heritage

    Chester Cathedral embarks on five-year plan with its new masonry department

    2021-04-17
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  • Market Intelligence

    When it’s not natural stone, quartz is still the tops

    2021-04-16
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  • Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

    New soft tone Sensa from Cosentino

    2021-04-15
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  • Stone Heritage

    Heritage Forum: search the Stone Heritage Register

    2021-04-14
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  • Stone Heritage

    Settmakers & Stoneworkers Journal added to the British Newspaper Archive

    2021-04-13
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  • Stone Heritage

    Call for companies to bid for £80million pounds worth of survey contracts on the Houses of Parliament

    2021-04-13
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  • Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

    New HSE Chair Sarah Newton reflects on the past year

    2021-04-13
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  • Stone Heritage

    Historic England publishes guidance on graffiti and its removal

    2021-04-12
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  • Training

    A Qualified Workforce: by Mark Priestman

    2021-04-10
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  • Market Intelligence

    Recovery Loan Scheme launches today

    2021-04-06
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  • Market Intelligence

    Green Homes Grant closure will harm retrofit industry, says NFB

    2021-03-30
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  • Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

    People: Talasey Group appointments to drive further growth

    2021-03-30
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  • Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

    Collyweston at Cambridge wins NFRC Roof of the Year Award

    2021-03-29
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  • Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

    The latest marble look from CRL

    2021-03-26
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  • Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

    Russell Stone Merchants choose Volvo because they know it will deliver

    2021-03-26
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  • Training

    West Dean to merge with KLC School of Design

    2021-03-24
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Featured Companies

  • LPE

    Leading Production Equipment Ltd

    When you’re only ever going to be satisfied with leading production equipment in your workshop, you know you’ll only ever get it from Leading Production Equipment. The clue is in the name.
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    Tab India

    TAB Surfaces is one of the largest and most innovative natural stone & natural quartz processors in the world.
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  • stoneCIRCLE

    bringing stone to life for over 50 years
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  • Hadspen Quarry Ltd

    Hadspen Quarry supplies natural stone products throughout Somerset, Dorset and the West Country
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    Stonehealth Ltd

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    Supplying the worlds finest flat & bevel and profile edge polishers to the UK. We also supply parts and service all Comandulli machinery.
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    Specialists in High Quality Granite, Marble, Quartz and Sandstone
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  • stoneCIRCLE

    bringing stone to life for over 50 years
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