Community News

Our Tytherington quarry has supported St Helen’s CE Primary School in Alveston with the creation of its new sensory garden.The garden was created to enhance the children’s learning environment and to

Our Batts Combe quarry opened its doors for a family friendly open day, with over £1,000 raised from ticket sales going to local charity, Cheddar Youth Trust.More than 500 local residents, including

We have agreed planning conditions with Somerset Council to reopen Westdown quarry, near Frome.This marks a significant milestone for our quarrying operations and follows the council’s previous

Repairs to the footpath that runs adjacent to Egford Brook in Vallis Vale are now complete and the area has reopened to the public.We completed the work to address the riverbank erosion caused by

We’ve commissioned a new Class 08e electric shunting locomotive at our Whatley quarry in Frome, Somerset.The new locomotive is the first of its kind to be used at any UK quarry and is part of our

Members of our Batts Combe quarry team were thrilled to honour the memory of comedy greats, plus meet actress Dame Joanna Lumley at the opening of an extension to a community hub in Loxton, Somerset

We recently welcomed a group of 16 fossil enthusiasts from the Holiday Property Bond group to our site, following a request from a local geologist.Unit Manager Adrian Wood and Assistant Manager

Great Elm residents now have quicker access to life-saving equipment, thanks to the installation of a new defibrillator funded by our Whatley quarry, along with community donations.The defibrillator

Martin Symons, Community Support Co-Ordinator and former Logistics Manager at Whatley quarry recently visited St Louis Primary School in Frome as part of its Aspirations Week to talk to students

We have completed works to create a permissive path linking Glyncoch and the Darren Ddu Road.The route includes path markers along the length of the path, as well as the installation of kissing gates

We have welcomed five new faces at Padeswood – four engineering apprentices and a graduate trainee manager, strengthening our commitment to skills development and local employment in north Wales.New

Builder Ben Jarvis takes care of a baby hedgehog, while colleague Jason Chapman gets on with construction work. Cement donated by our Ketton works has helped a hedgehog rescue centre in Market

We are supporting the next generation of engineers through a new partnership with Somerset Studio School, Radstock (part of the MNSP Trust) and the Somerset Earth Science Centre, giving a local

Colleagues from our Ketton cement works were among local employers taking part in a new jobs and careers fair held at Stamford Arts Centre.Works Manager’s Secretary Alison Mytton and Operations

To keep our near neighbours informed about planned quarry blasts, we have introduced a free blasting notification service for residents living close to Batts Combe quarry.The free service, which can

Our Chipping Sodbury quarry has donated a selection of natural stone boulders to the newly opened Believe Memorial Garden at Cardiff Crematorium in Thornhill, which honours those who have donated

Our Shap Beck quarry has supported Shap Parish Council to bring the village’s public toilets back into use.We contributed £2,000 towards the refurbishment and maintenance costs of the facility, which

A charity golf day organised by the Rotary Club of Chipping Sodbury raised £2,700 for the Southmead Hospital Walkerbot Appeal and other local charities, with support from our Chipping Sodbury quarry.