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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

Equipment

TOOLS: Sweat those assets

2022-04-14

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

Porcelanosa: Shhhh... It’s natural stone

2022-04-14

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Training

A Qualified Workforce: by Mark Priestman

2022-04-14

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Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

Company fined after wall collapse leads to child’s toe being amputated

2022-04-12

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Stone Projects

HiMacs in Paradise

2022-04-11

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Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

Heatpumps: The sustainable alternative to gas

2022-04-11

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Natural Stone Memorials

Win £1,000 in the BRAMM Memorial Design Award

2022-04-10

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

Polycor continues expansion by adding another Indiana limestone company

2022-04-10

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

London Stone opens new showroom in Birmingham

2022-04-09

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Equipment

Power-up interior walls with TheWall

2022-04-09

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Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

Trolex real-time silica dust monitor is Highly Commended at health & safety awards

2022-04-07

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Stone Heritage

National Stone Centre reimagined as mining museum plans to join it

2022-04-06

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Market Intelligence

CITB funds free mentoring to help smaller firms go digital

2022-04-04

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Stone Projects

Elephant Park: Giving nature a helping hand in the heart of London

2022-04-04

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

Matt Rotherham opens first Gemini Worktops showroom

2022-04-01

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Training

Stone training group visits Bath College masonry department

2022-03-31

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Equipment

Discover how you can increase quality and efficiency at Intermac's stone processing tech days

2022-03-29

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Market Intelligence

The Merry Month: by Robert Merry

2022-03-28

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Training

Bakers of Danbury offers unique heritage building training programme

2022-03-23

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

Burlington adds Manx Pooil Vaaish to its American exports

2022-03-23

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Stone Heritage

Statuette marks the 550th anniversary of the Masons’ Livery Company Grant of Arms

2022-03-23

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

Non-Exec appointed to drive long-term strategy at Robertson Granite

2022-03-22

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Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

Contractor fined for site where people worked barefoot

2022-03-22

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Natural Stone Memorials

Memorial to 'Big Willy Collins, King of Sheffield', erected without permission, says council

2022-03-21

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Natural Stone Memorials

Armoy Armada memorial gets finishing touches 14 years after being installed

2022-03-15

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Stone Awards / Competitions

Natural Stone Awards 2022 – entry open

2022-03-10

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Events

KBB returns to the NEC

2022-03-08

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Stone Awards / Competitions

SPAB introduces craftsperson category to its awards

2022-03-07

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Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

Contractor given community work after ignoring HSE Inspector

2022-03-04

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Stone Awards / Competitions

Know someone who's learnt new heritage skills? Enter them for the IHBC Marsh Awards and they could win £500

2022-03-04

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Stone Heritage

Sally Strachey Director James Preston makes safe spire where the top was blown off in storm Eunice

2022-03-04

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Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

Suspended prison sentences, £344,300 fines and £197,700 costs following death when church wall and scaffolding collapse

2022-03-03

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

Marshalls appoints Adil Jan to expand its digital future

2022-03-03

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

DBR awarded Crystal Palace Subway restoration contract

2022-03-03

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Legislation / Standards

Webinars to explain the new CSCS Smart Check app this month

2022-03-03

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Training

Cathedral craft-based graduates receive their degrees

2022-03-02

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Market Intelligence

STONE DIGITAL: Shaping a Sustainable Future – available on catch-up until the end of April

2022-03-02

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Market Intelligence

STONE DIGITAL: Stone in a low carbon, digitized world

2022-02-28

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Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

Code of Practice on silica exposure adopted in Australia

2022-02-26

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Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

Go green with your pallets

2022-02-25

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Training

A Qualified Workforce : by Mark Priestman

2022-02-25

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Training

SkillBuild 2022 – register to take part now

2022-02-23

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Market Intelligence

Landscape Forum

2022-02-23

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Market Intelligence

Cyber security guidance from GCHQ - download it here

2022-02-23

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Market Intelligence

Civils company sets up trust for employee ownership

2022-02-22

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Events

WFF becomes an official backer of KBB

2022-02-21

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Equipment

Silica dust monitor keeps you safe

2022-02-20

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Market Intelligence

Brief in counters : by David Coster

2022-02-19

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Market Intelligence

Concrete catches up with stone on the benefits of vaulting

2022-02-19

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Market Intelligence

Top blown off church spire by Storm Eunice

2022-02-19

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Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

CSCS test fraudsters sent to prison

2022-02-19

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

Ceralsio gives 1940s house in Sussex that clad all over feeling

2022-02-14

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Events

Stone Digital – Shaping a sustainable future... programme of speakers

2022-02-14

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Stone Heritage

DBR gains place on prestigious restoration framework for Parliament

2022-02-14

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

STONE FABRICATORS: Stronger together as Bellagio Marble Ideas

2022-02-13

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

STONE CLEANING: Athena Stonecare celebrates 10 years of caring for stone

2022-02-12

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Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

Parliamentary Group calls for evidence on silicosis risk reduction

2022-02-11

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Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

Tudor Stonework fined after employee injured by forklift truck while moving slab

2022-02-10

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

Cullifords looks forward to another bumper year for stone

2022-02-09

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Natural Stone Memorials

Granite Necrology Wall at Dublin’s Glasnevin Cemetery to lose inscriptions after third attack

2022-02-07

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Training

CITB uses National Apprenticeship Week to introduce toolkits to help businesses with recruitment

2022-02-07

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Natural Stone Memorials

STONE IN LANDSCAPING: Glade of Light commemorates 22 victims of a suicide bomber

2022-02-05

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

London Stone Appoints New Director

2022-02-04

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Market Intelligence

Ditch PDFs for product specs and go for drop-in digital data to increase sales, says Lee Jones

2022-02-04

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Stone Heritage

Glasgow residents evacuated as stone tower is considered dangerous after storm

2022-02-03

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Market Intelligence

The Merry Month : by Robert Merry

2022-02-02

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Stones / Quarries

SigmaRoc concludes deal to buy Johnston Quarry Group

2022-02-02

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Market Intelligence

Burton Roofing parent sold

2022-02-01

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Market Intelligence

Building sectors must work together – Dame Judith Hackitt

2022-02-01

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Equipment

GMM takes controlling share of Bavelloni

2022-02-01

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Events

Stone Federation makes the Case for Stone in webinar series

2022-01-31

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Stone Heritage

Heritage stonemasonry companies sought for Exeter Cathedral cloister rebuild

2022-01-21

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Events

Shaping a Sustainable Future with stone – 22 & 23 February 2022

2022-01-14

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Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

From April employers must provide PPE for casual workers

2022-01-14

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Legislation / Standards

Warning of possible fire risk from engineered stone in new cladding PAS from BSI

2022-01-13

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

Bellagio and Marble Ideas merger aims to beat the traffic

2022-01-11

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Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

£211,290.04 fine is a reminder of HAVS risk

2022-01-10

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

Johnston Quarry Group and Guiting are being sold to SigmaRoc

2022-01-06

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Stone Projects

Marble 'halo' revealed in Manchester to commemorate 2017 Arena bombing

2022-01-05

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Market Intelligence

Shackerley chairman made an MBE in New Year's Honours

2022-01-01

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Prosecution for wall collapse highlights the danger of digging under houses

2021-12-22

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Market Intelligence

Happy Christmas

2021-12-17

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Market Intelligence

Stone for housing: Demand for British stone remains strong

2021-12-16

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Stone Heritage

Heritage Masonry: Significance and climate change

2021-12-16

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Stone Heritage

HERITAGE MASONRY: A towering achievement

2021-12-16

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Stone Heritage

St Lawrence Jewry Church: First major overhaul for Wren church since Blitz renovation

2021-12-15

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Market Intelligence

Producer output prices rise 9.1%

2021-12-15

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Natural Stone Memorials

London Stone Carving commissioned to produce life-size sculptures of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert for the Royal Albert Hall

2021-12-15

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Market Intelligence

The Merry Month: And a (Robert) Merry Christmas

2021-12-15

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Natural / Engineered Stone Company News

ARCHITECTURAL MASONRY: Meister Masonry liberates stone

2021-12-14

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Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

CSCS card checking by app from April

2021-12-14

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Market Intelligence

Brief in counters: David Coster talks to Steve Murphy

2021-12-14

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Training

Complete this questionnaire to help school leavers choose a career in construction

2021-12-14

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Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

Stone Federation calls on members to sign up to new 'Responsible Sourcing Pledge'

2021-12-13

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Training

Students in Wales get first hand experience of construction with ‘See Your Site’ scheme

2021-12-10

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Training

Duke of Gloucester presents his Awards for Stonemasonry

2021-12-07

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Training

£4,000 to take on apprentices – scheme extended

2021-12-07

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Legislation / Standards

Help with UKCA marking from the Stone Federation

2021-12-03

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Training

Do you need a QEST Scholarship to further your skills? Applications open 10 January

2021-12-01

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Health, Safety, Ethical & Environmental

Quarry operative runs for cover from fly ash in blasting at Cwt-y-Bugail slate quarry

2021-11-26

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