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- Natural Stone Show, ExCeL London 30 April-2 May 2013
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- Piedra, Spain 9-12 May
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- Natural Stone Fair, Izmir, Turkey 21-24 March
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NSS will be looking at the memorial side of the business in the next issue.
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- News from Natural Stone Specialist
- Sustainable Hertfordshire
- HMRC launches an alternative dispute resolution service for small companies
- Cherry picker stolen while operator is in the air
- High speed train route could offer an opportunity to obtain stone for conservation projects
- Trophy stonework
- Don't be fooled by bogus show catalogue offers
- Atlas Copco expand into dimensional stone
- Wholesaler Lafford closes West Drayton workshop
- Carving festival to return to Ludlow
- Shadow Construction Minister condemns health & safety cuts
- Obituary: Sylvia Cornwall
- Your chance to learn how to get more business from stone’s sustainability
- Hereford Trail on Stone Forum website
- Construction remains a high risk industry
- Don’t put it in the skip, sell it on the Stonelocator market
- New Year message from the Chief Executive of the Stone Federation
- Jonathan Rayfield is Trainee Mason of the Year
- SPAB courses this year
- Feed-in Tariff increases to start in March, not December
- To view all the news in the latest issue, click here.
- To search all the news in the archive, click here.
featured in this month's Natural Stone Specialist…
- Cover story : Edge Tools & Equipment Ltd
Edge Tools & Equipment Ltd, a specialist supplier of diamond blades based in Derby, has a new stone division with Glyn Knighton as its Sales Manager.
Glyn is well known in the stone...
- Report : Power tools
There are hundreds of power tools to choose from yet all over the country stonemasons are risking injury by tampering with guards and modifying the tools they have. Consultant Phil Mist...
- Report : Lifting
Saying stone is heavy is stating the obvious, but it is amazing how many injuries – and even some deaths – are suffered by those who seem to forget it.
Since...
- Solid surfaces : Corian
Corian has been sold in the UK for more than 30 years but stone companies have looked on it as a competitor rather than a complement to their products. That is starting to change.
Corian is...
- The time of tests : Petrography
Led by Europe, more tests are being devised all the time to try to evaluate stone. In this column Barry Hunt explains the tests and discusses what the results show… and what they...
- The Merry month : A prayer
Robert Merry, an independent stone consultant and project manager who ran his own company for 17 years and now also runs training courses on project management, gives his personal slant on...
- Marketing : Case studies
Alan Gayle is a sales and marketing consultant specialising in the construction industry. In this column he offers advice on how to make an impact in the market. This time he looks at the...
- Readers projects : Sammy Ofer Wing
NSS looks at the role played by stone specialists Szerelmey in the creation of Purcell Miller Tritton’s new Sammy Ofer Wing of the National Maritime Museum. Churchman were the landscape...
- Know your machinery : GMM Brio
Italian manufacturers GMM have launched their latest versions of the popular Brio saw.
The saw is the ideal machine for the more modest workshop. It is easy to use, compact and efficient....
Stone Federation News
A New Year message from Jane Buxey, the Chief Executive. Click here to go to the Federation website.
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In February, NSS will be focusing on the memorial masonry side of the business. We will also be taking a look at the realities of installing water recycling plant and asking if the stone industry shouldn’t be reclaiming the words ‘natural’ and ‘stone’. You can contribute by sending a photo and some details to the Editor, Eric Bignell, by clicking here. To download the full editorial programme of reports coming up in Natural Stone Specialist in 2012, click here.
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