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Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

HSE launch new guidelines for worktop fabrication and installation

10 January 2025 , by Clare Howcutt Kelly

Elevating public spaces

08 January 2025 , by Clare Howcutt Kelly

A conservator at work during the Palace's deep clean.

Blenheim Palace prepares for £10.4m roof restoration

03 January 2025 , by Clare Howcutt Kelly

Talia on site replacing tesserae.

A day in the life – Talia Weiss

16 December 2024 , by Clare Howcutt Kelly

The long barrow at Fingask took just over 12 months to complete.

Stone Awards / Competitions

Fingask Long Barrow recognised in Scottish architecture awards

11 December 2024 , by Clare Howcutt Kelly

Rhodes House, Oxford.

Stone Awards / Competitions

Stone Federation announce Natural Stone Award winners

09 December 2024 , by Clare Howcutt Kelly

Editor's Picks

Events

Quarry owners and stonemasons join forces as The Stone Collective

2024-01-22
Legislation / Standards

Australia prohibits use of engineered stone

2023-12-18
Sustainability

Design Museum exhibition focuses on low-carbon building materials

2023-09-01
Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

HSE podcast discusses dangers of dust in the construction industry

2023-08-16

Natural Stone Memorials

Grave concerns : Why memorials lean

2016-03-21

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Training – Mark Priestman interviews Ian Major

2016-03-21

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Market Intelligence

Marketing :

2016-03-21

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The Merry Month : Contracts (prt1)

2016-03-21

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Stones / Quarries

First Monks Park Bath stone for 12 years extracted

2016-03-21

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

Masonry by James Kirby and Mark Ford

2016-03-21

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

2015 was another good year for Cosentino

2016-03-21

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Equipment

On the cover: Flex tools for the stonemason of today

2016-03-21

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

Clinton Haigh joins Albion Stone

2016-03-21

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Try the new Denver monoblock at Accurite’s showroom

2016-03-21

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Stone Age plans for the future as Managing Director Gary Walters and James Diver take over the company

2016-03-21

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Training

Heritage Alliance meeting on Trailblazer apprenticeships – 5 April

2016-03-21

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Events

A map of Ireland set in stone for Irish festival

2016-03-17

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The saving of St Mel's – a restoration story by Peter Cox and George O'Malley

2016-03-15

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Market Intelligence

April deadline for Level 2 BIM. After that it's 'digital built Britain'

2016-03-15

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TTA approved as apprenticeship Trailblazer – will you be part of the stone industry equivalent?

2016-03-14

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Market Intelligence

BIM skills lacking, says BRE Academy report

2016-03-11

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

Portland White, Carrara, Calacatta, Statuario – the names of a new range of man-made products from Granite Transformations

2016-03-11

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Sustainable stone conference to be part of Carrara stone show

2016-03-10

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

Instarmac is an even better company to work for

2016-03-08

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Training

New Apprenticeship Levy comes into force in April 2017 at 0.5% of wages bill

2016-03-07

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Market Intelligence

Email scammers demand money from firms to divert cyber attacks

2016-03-07

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Market Intelligence

Bogus companies liquidated by court after getting £300,000 worth of building materials

2016-03-07

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Winchester Cathedral to hold stone festival in July

2016-03-03

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Training

Bishop of London speaks in favour of apprenticeship proposals in the Enterprise Bill

2016-03-01

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Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

Free Safety & Health Awareness Day in Leicestershire

2016-02-29

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Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

Do more to keep safe and healthy, stone companies warned

2016-02-29

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Market Intelligence

Poll shows small businesses split and undecided over Europe

2016-02-29

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Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

Modern slavery reporting requirement comes into force at the end of March

2016-02-29

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The Merry Month : Contracts

2016-02-25

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Market Intelligence

From the rock face : Visiting the quarry

2016-02-25

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Natural Stone Memorials

Grave Concerns : Keeping memorials upright

2016-02-25

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Training : The NSITG

2016-02-25

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Market Intelligence

Marketing : Lessons to be learned from consumer marketing

2016-02-25

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The Merry Month : Contracts

2016-02-25

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Market Intelligence

Fortune still favours the brave in the information age

2016-02-23

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

New website from adhesives group Instarmac

2016-02-22

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Trailblazers wanted for new apprenticeships

2016-02-22

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Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

Structural steel company fined for failing to maintain cranes

2016-02-18

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Time off in loo – can you picture it?

2016-02-18

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

Brent Stevenson makes plaque of Alan Shearer and meets the footballing hero

2016-02-18

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University to help with BIM in Scotland

2016-02-17

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Equipment

For the record : D Zambelis

2016-02-16

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

Pat George promoted to Director at Lovell

2016-02-16

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Equipment

New faces at LPE Group as year gets off to brisk start

2016-02-16

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Equipment

Fila offers a new solution to rust staining on stone

2016-02-16

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

APS Masonry new telephone number

2016-02-16

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Stones / Quarries

Granite Granite takes on Laminam in new deal for 2016

2016-02-16

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Snow substitute for stone as team heads for the USA

2016-02-16

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Roccia Machinery starts new year by taking on agency for T&D robots. ‘Their time has come,’ says Darren Bill, Director

2016-02-16

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Events

Congratulations across the Atlantic

2016-02-16

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Stone Heritage

People may be less religious but they like churches

2016-02-16

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Stone companies help get children out of quarries in India

2016-02-16

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Equipment

New Skema Plus from Accurite offers a new entry to CNC sawing

2016-02-15

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T&D Robot brings concept into Euclidean space

2016-02-12

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The efficacy of pin fixings for memorials brought into renewed doubt by vandal attack in Welsh cemetery

2016-02-11

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The real McCoy – RIP

2016-02-11

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Market Intelligence

Don't forget: the next CIS changes take place 6 April

2016-02-11

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Training

BSRIA supports revocation of thousands of CSCS cards following BBC revelations about test cheats

2016-02-10

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Events

Find out about the future of computers in interiors at this free seminar

2016-02-08

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Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

Foreign workers in danger on building sites

2016-02-08

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

North East high flyers start year with recruitment drive

2016-02-08

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Training : Mark Priestman interviews Gordon Jenkins, CSCS Head of Operations

2016-02-05

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Stones / Quarries

For the record – Hartham Park is an underground quarry

2016-02-04

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

Help with U-values from new Rockwool online calculator

2016-02-04

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Stones / Quarries

Huddersfield proposes to drop stone requirement from local plan

2016-02-01

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Natural Stone Memorials

Design competition will result in a major Holocaust memorial in London

2016-02-01

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Stones / Quarries

Lovell Stone Group takes over production of Hartham Park Bath stone

2016-02-01

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Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

Companies fined £90,000 after fall leaves employee unable to work

2016-01-29

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Welcome

2016-01-29

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Stone Awards / Competitions

European Stone Festival goes to Salzburg this year – register now

2016-01-28

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Stone Awards / Competitions

Last chance for Natural Stone Awards – deadline for entries extended to 5 May

2016-01-28

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Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

B&CE acquires Constructing Better Health from CSCS

2016-01-28

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Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

Balfour Beatty fined £1million after death onsite

2016-01-28

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

Marble & Granite Centre sponsors Chelsea Flower Show garden

2016-01-28

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Roccia to distribute T&D robots in the UK and Ireland

2016-01-28

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Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

Glasgow hosts first HSE roadshow on health & safety strategy for the UK

2016-01-19

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Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

Companies fined £90,000 after fall leaves employee unable to work

2016-01-18

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

Alex Stark – RIP

2016-01-14

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Stone Awards / Competitions

Masons' Master completes the Duke of Gloucester Awards presentations at Exeter Cathedral

2016-01-12

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Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

Harsher penalties for health & safety failings

2016-01-04

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Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

Precast company fined £26,000 after worker hurt while loading lorry

2016-01-04

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

Planning permission given to extend stone yard

2016-01-04

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Video: Silicosis first hand. Stoneworker Terry talks about the disease he has contracted

2016-01-04

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

APS Masonry saved again

2015-12-21

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Does the traffic in your premises need better managing?

2015-12-18

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Economy continues to deflate while house prices are still soaring ahead

2015-12-17

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Diespeker's marathon man completes 125th run in New Zealand

2015-12-16

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Arch-critic of CE marking speaks to the Men of the Stones

2015-12-16

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Legislation / Standards

Trial of stonemason accused of murdering lovers nears conclusion

2015-12-15

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Antolini introduces top-of-the-range engineered gem collection

2015-12-15

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Construction output sees growth

2015-12-15

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Symm confirms masonry workshop will close

2015-12-14

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J Rotherham shortlisted again

2015-12-10

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New product for fixing larger format stone

2015-12-10

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Anyone who employs anyone must provide a pension

2015-12-10

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Szerelmey's Jura stone project was short-listed for Stirling Prize

2015-12-10

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Â£57million dispute over the failure of stone interiors at the Shangri La hotel in the Shard reinforces warnings about fixing mesh-backed stone

2015-12-10

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Work underway to open new Portland limestone mine

2015-12-10

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Hanson Bath & Portland to re-open Monks Park

2015-12-10

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Featured Companies

On Point Machinery Ltd

SPECIALISTS IN THE SUPPLY AND MAINTAIN OF STONE PROCESSING MACHINERY

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A F Jones Stonemasons (Ipsden)

Bringing Stone to Life since 1858

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MEC srl

MEC is a leading company in stone and concrete splitting machines and lines, crushing machines and lines and thin veneer cutting machines.

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Comandulli UK Ltd

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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Featured Companies

Stamford Stone Co Ltd

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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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Lambs Bricks & Stone

Committed to Craftsmanship

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Lambs Bricks & Stone

Committed to Craftsmanship

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