This new monument, costing £5 million, will commemorate the 55, 573 crew members of the RAF's Bobmer Command who were killed between 1939 and 1945. The average age of those who lost their lives was just 22. Read More
Albion Stone has recently purchased a new ‘JCB Fantini’, tractor mounted stone saw which will be used to increase efficiency in the Quarry & Mine. This is the first machine of its type to be imported into any UK stone extraction operation. Read More
Presented by David Ellis, Stone Federation President and Director of Sandberg, and Peter Harrison, Deputy Chairman of Stone Federation's Technical Committee and Director of Harrison Goldman Design Consultants. This is an informative, whilst entertaining, look at CE Marking and its impact on you. Read More
TV presenter, journalist and former conservative politician and Cabinet Minister, Michael Portillo made a fascinating tour of local natural stone producer, Burlington Stone of Kirkby-in-Furness, shown on 26th January on BBC2 at 6.30pm, as part of series three of the BBC’s popular travel documentary, Great British Railway Journeys. Read More
A £500,000 investment into an innovative new roof for Albion Stone’s Factory is set to save thousands of pounds a year on their electricity bills. Read More
The 2011 Trainee Mason of the Year Jonathan Rayfield says it is 'a sense of satisfaction and fulfilment' that makes stonemasonry so enjoyable to him. "I enjoy crafting the stone and completing a job by hand that will be there for all to see for maybe the next one hundred years or more," he revealed. Read More
Stone Federation was represented at the Skillbuild final on 16th September held at the Leeds College of Building when Jane, the Chief Executive, presented the prizes to the stonemasonry winners. Congratulations are given to all those winners shown on the right. Mention should also be made of the other competitors who qualified to take part especially Michael McCaffrey who was the first finalist from Scotland. Read More
Price has become the most important factor for architects and local authorities when awarding contracts involving the use of natural stone, often at the expense of the quality of work. Read More
Stone Federation's StoneSafe campaign has been chosen by the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) to be one of only 3 projects in the country to be featured as a case study in their 'One Year On' report. Read More
As part of our programme to reach a wider audience, Stone Federation has joined Twitter - the latest social networking craze. Read More
Preserving our heritage inside museums poses a very different problem from preservation outside, where that heritage frequently has to face the elements. Inside the museum the restoration of marble and granite is probably less important than the preservation of the objects being cared for. Read More
"Quiet, unflappable and accommodating" is one description of Dennis Jones, who has been named 'Project Craftsman of the Year' in this year's Duke of Gloucester Awards competition, organised jointly by Stone Federation Great Britain and The Worshipful Company of Masons. Read More
