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Amin Taha champions the use of structural stone at the Stone Show

07 May 2025 , by pam.reddish@qm…

Stone Awards / Competitions

Salisbury Cathedral announced as the UK's favourite stone project

07 May 2025 , by pam.reddish@qm…

Toby Barlow receiving his Stone Federation architecture prize from George Clarke and Susannah Streeter

Stone Awards / Competitions

Toby Barlow wins inaugural Stone Federation Student Architect Award

07 May 2025 , by pam.reddish@qm…

A group of CWF students visited Notre Dame for a unique insight into this iconic landmark.

CWF students head to Notre-Dame Cathedral

30 April 2025 , by Clare Howcutt Kelly

Stone Show & Hard Surfaces 2025 news

24 April 2025 , by Clare Howcutt Kelly

Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

Laminam UK appoints new area manager for South East of England

23 April 2025 , 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 / Engineered Stone Company News

Welsh Slate re-opens Llandudno Junction railhead

2022-09-15

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Stone Heritage

Stone of Scone returns to England for coronation of Charles III

2022-09-14

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Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

HSE to focus on silica dust in October

2022-09-10

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

Dekton promises new ranges are easier to cut

2022-09-09

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

European funding for stoneCIRCLE’s new GMM Litox

2022-09-09

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Equipment

Toolmaker Vetro introduces new saw blades as it heads for Verona

2022-09-09

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Market Intelligence

Government announces energy price cap for businesses for the winter

2022-09-09

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

Restore London celebrates 10th anniversary in Drapers Hall

2022-09-09

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

Singleton Birch bought by US lime company ‘to power next phase of growth’

2022-09-09

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Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

£324,000 fines for companies and suspended prison sentences for managers after 18-year-old is crushed in manhole

2022-09-07

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

DBR awarded Royal Warrant of Appointment to Her Majesty the Queen

2022-09-07

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Events

Natural Stone Show and Hard Surfaces exhibitions in London move to June dates

2022-09-07

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Training

York Minster gets planning approval for training centre

2022-09-07

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Stone Projects

Women’s International Stone Alliance builds a monument to ‘Gentleman Jack’

2022-09-05

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

Natural Stone Surfaces buys Grantech in Wales

2022-08-29

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Market Intelligence

Portland and granite stone beam at Royal Academy wins award

2022-08-28

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

Stone Cladding Systems Ltd: Something old, something new

2022-08-25

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Natural Stone Memorials

Memorials: Monumental return to Warwickshire

2022-08-23

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Natural Stone Memorials

Memorial masons disqualified as directors for taking deposits when insolvent

2022-08-19

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Training

A Qualified Workforce: Accredited

2022-08-12

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Stone Heritage

National Lottery Heritage Fund invites views on what it should do in the next 10 years

2022-08-12

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Events

Brazilians promote their stones in London, 25 August to 7 September

2022-08-11

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Events

Join Women’s International Stone Alliance workshops on 20-21 August

2022-08-09

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Market Intelligence

Brief in Counters: David Coster talks to Andrew Taylor of Granite Direct

2022-08-08

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Stone Heritage

Lime mortar training day at Reading Abbey Ruins – 23 August

2022-08-07

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

Ibstock takes 75% stake in Generix Façades

2022-08-03

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Market Intelligence

The Merry Month: A stone fellowship?

2022-08-03

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Training

Stone in Construction course for architects and designers

2022-08-03

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

Latest launch from Lapitec joins full-bodied range free from crystalline silica and petrochemicals

2022-08-01

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

Hardscape introduces ‘Inclusive Infrastructure Solutions’

2022-08-01

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Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

Court hears how two stonemasons drowned as a result of firms' failures over winch safety mechanism

2022-07-29

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Stone Heritage

Stone stolen from National Trust property

2022-07-28

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

Marshalls strengthens human rights focus

2022-07-28

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Equipment

Mapei introduces eight new UltraCare surface protectors

2022-07-28

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Legislation / Standards

The long-awaited Part 5 (interiors) of BS 8298 is open for public comment

2022-07-27

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Stone Heritage

National Trust gets £6.2million from charity to train apprentices

2022-07-24

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Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

Restoration worker killed by DCM paint stripper

2022-07-24

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Training

Opportunities for an apprenticeship working on the Houses of Parliament

2022-07-23

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Stone Heritage

Medieval shipwreck carrying preserved Purbeck limestone gravestones given highest level of protection

2022-07-22

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

Hardscape staff given ownership of the company through an employee ownership trust

2022-07-19

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Equipment

New company Stone Automation to take over distribution of Donatoni Macchine in the UK and Ireland

2022-07-18

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

Caesarstone launches first collection of porcelain worktops

2022-07-13

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

Sixth generation joins AF Jones

2022-07-13

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Events

NAMM is back at Warwickshire Exhibition Centre with Tradex22

2022-07-10

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York Minster aims for excellence at new training centre

2022-07-08

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Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

Trolex Air XS wins Gold at the UK Business Awards

2022-07-08

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Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

HSE: 30 people died in construction in the past year

2022-07-07

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Stone Heritage

Cliveden adds skills with new appointments

2022-07-07

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Training

Purbeck stone training centre relaunches

2022-07-04

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Training

Webinars to help you gain an £18,000 QEST Scholarship 13 & 28 July

2022-07-04

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Market Intelligence

11m long beam of post-tensioned Portland stone hung at The Royal Academy of Art

2022-07-01

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

Is this natural stone sink what the bathroom has been waiting for?

2022-06-30

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Training

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

2022-06-30

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Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

Man killed when elevating work platform falls on to M25

2022-06-28

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

Project: Squaring the stoneCIRCLE for Harrods, Britain's best known store

2022-06-28

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Market Intelligence

Brief in counters: by David Coster

2022-06-26

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

DBR appointed general contractor for Palace of Westminster ground assessments

2022-06-22

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Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

Belfast street cordoned off after masonry falls from unused hotel

2022-06-22

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

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

2022-06-19

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Market Intelligence

The Merry Month: by Robert Merry

2022-06-17

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Legislation / Standards

Keep up with planning changes with Lichfields

2022-06-16

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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

2022-06-16

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Events

70 Women In Natural Stone (WINS) meet at The Counting House

2022-06-16

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Events

WFF seeks out better equipped staff in better equipped factories as it meets at Bellagio

2022-06-16

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Market Intelligence

Stone in landscaping: For the love of nature

2022-06-15

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Market Intelligence

Obituary: Nigel Stubbings

2022-06-13

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Training

A Qualified Workforce: by Mark Priestman

2022-06-12

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Events

On Form all-stone garden sculpture exhibition

2022-06-12

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Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

Materials handling: Get a grip!

2022-06-12

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Training

CIC offers new route to CSCS card for professionals

2022-06-10

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Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

HSE month-long crackdown on dust on building sites

2022-06-06

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

Celebrating 10 years of restoring London

2022-06-05

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Equipment

D Zambelis open days ‘a great success’

2022-05-22

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Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

Caesarstone launches Master of Stone online training centre

2022-05-20

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Market Intelligence

Monks build themselves a Gothic monastery

2022-05-20

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Stone Heritage

£2.3million for Cathedral Workshops as the Hamish Ogston Foundation continues its support

2022-05-19

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

Fun with a serious message as Cosentino sponsors Clerkenwell Design Week – 24-26 May 2022

2022-05-19

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

Talasey moves into ‘UK centre of excellence for the landscaping industry’

2022-05-19

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Events

Open days at D Zambelis – 19-21 May

2022-05-18

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Training

CITB publishes spending plans for £764.3million

2022-05-18

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Events

Women involved in the stone industry are invited to The Counting House

2022-05-17

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Stone Awards / Competitions

Stone artist Zoë Wilson to follow London Craft Week with TV appearance

2022-05-10

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Stone Heritage

Swindon reconsiders the fate of its famous Tabernacle portico

2022-05-08

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Stone Projects

Restorative Techniques helps Birmingham come clean about its erratic boulders

2022-05-06

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Natural Stone Memorials

BRAMM appoints Board member Yvonne Colverston as first Executive Officer

2022-05-06

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Stone Awards / Competitions

Last chance to enter Landscape Institute Awards 2022

2022-05-05

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Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

30+ construction companies that used trafficked slaves were just the tip of the iceberg

2022-05-04

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Market Intelligence

Global cement producers put their money behind carbon-free concrete

2022-05-04

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Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

HSE issues safety alert about ear-loop masks

2022-05-01

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Events

The Lettering Arts Trust presents – Will Carter: Man of Letters

2022-04-29

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Equipment

Open days at Intermac Tech Centre

2022-04-29

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Training

Priestman Associates win contracts for training SAPs

2022-04-28

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Events

Cevisama exhibition cancelled as manufacturers hit by Ukraine war

2022-04-22

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Stone Heritage

National Stone Centre founder Ian Thomas receives Distinguished Service Award from the Geological Society

2022-04-21

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Stone Projects

Welsh Slate tops a sustainability exemplar

2022-04-20

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Training

New video from the Masons Livery Company

2022-04-20

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Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

Crime family jailed for making modern slaves of trafficked construction workers

2022-04-19

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Events

European Stone Festival should be back next year

2022-04-18

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Stones / Quarries

Welsh Slate seeks permission to extend Penrhyn Quarry

2022-04-17

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Market Intelligence

Brief in counters: by David Coster

2022-04-15

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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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Global Granite & Trading Co Ltd

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Lambs Bricks & Stone

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D Zambelis have been going strong within the stone industry since 1996 and is still expanding.

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stoneCIRCLE

bringing stone to life for over 50 years

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