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The Sainsbury Laboratory is a plant research facility located in the Botanical Gardens of the University of Cambridge. Susanna Heron an artist internationally renowned for her work with architects on site specific projects was asked to produce a piece for the Laboratory and chose to produce a frieze in Jaumont yellow limestone which is also used as part of the fabric of the building.

WWF had Fiona Stephenson design a garden for them for the recent Hampton Court Flower Show. The garden celebrates WWF's 50th Anniversary and is designed to highlight water conservation issues. stoneCIRCLE was commissioned to produce a plaque featuring the WWF panda logo engraved into limestone, which was placed into the garden.

Cooking in High Heels is holding two cookery demonstrations on the theme "Preparing for Christmas". They will take place at stoneCIRCLE's Newbury showroom on 2nd and 9th December from 10 to 2pm. Contact [Sharon Garrod](mailto:sharon.garrod@tiscali.co.uk?subject=Christmas Cookery Demos) for more details. You can find a map of how to get to the showroom here.

A Christmas Fayre in aid of the friends of the Charles Clore Unit in West Berkshire Hospital is being held in stoneCIRCLE's Newbury showroom on 14th December from 2pm till 8pm.
Cooking in High Heels will be organising live cookery demos and tasting sessions and there will also be floral displays, as well as stalls selling beautiful gifts and handmade Christmas decorations. Why not come along? The showroom is on Bone Lane on the Industrial Estate; detailed directions and a map can be [found here]((internal:node/6).

A New Face in Basingstoke

We’ve just appointed a new member of staff to look after sales and estimating in our Basingstoke showroom. Cara Wright comes with a knowledge of kitchen worktops as she previously worked for Magnet as a kitchen designer after qualifying in art at university and we are sure that she will prove an asset to the company.

Cara says that she is very happy to be working for a family orientated company like stoneCIRCLE and was in awe as she walked around the factory looking at all the high tech machinery.

stoneCIRCLE has just been appointed an approved fabricator for Silestone engineered quartz surfaces. This means that they will be offering the product alongside the other branded composite stones in the range such as Dupont Zodiaq™, Quarella, CaesarStone and Q-Stone which supplement their natural stone collection for those customers who prefer the uniformity of composites for their kitchen work surfaces or bathroom vanities.

stoneCIRCLE and Cooking in High Heels are holding a series of 3 Christmas charity events over the next couple of months.
On 12th November 2009 we will be holding a cookery demonstration from 10am to 2pm. The cost is £20 per person, including a raffle ticket, and all profits will go to CLIC Sargent. The theme is Preparing for Christmas and the food will be prepared on an Everhot Aga range cooker. You can ring 01635 279870 to book your place or email Sharon Garrod

What goes around

With a working heritage that includes the DianaMemorial Fountain, Norwich Cathedral and marble diamonds for Milan, Steve Vanhinsbergh’s family-run
stone fabrication business is well-equipped to carve itself a memorable future... to read the rest of the Essential Kitchen and Bathroom Business magazine's article about stoneCIRCLE, click on the PDF link below.

stoneCIRCLE think of themselves as engineers in stone rather than dust-covered masons and the new showroom they have opened in Newbury, Berkshire, reiterates that customer-centric image ... to read more of the recent feature on stoneCIRCLE in the Natural Stone Specialist Magazine please click on the PDF link below.

stoneCIRCLE has just produced a new kitchen worktops brochure to help consumers understand the process involved in buying and having installed a new stone worktop. The brochure also shows the range of edge designs and sink cut out options available.

You can get hold of the brochure by visiting one of stoneCIRCLE's showrooms in Newbury and Basingstoke, or you can download it from the website: www.stone-circle.com/products/kitchen.

stoneCIRCLE are running a series of 3 trade days in November and December this year. The days are to introduce people to the company and teach them about natural stone and what it can be used for. They are open to anyone who sells or specifies natural stone and will take place in the Newbury showroom which was opened in May and has stunning displays of stone products and slabs in 25000 sq ft. To book your place please ring 01635 279870 or email sales@stone-circle.com.
There will also be a draw for a case of champagne for all those who attend.

Drop in and see the appliances in action

Cooking in High Heels will be running Cookery Labs at our Newbury showroom from 10am-12pm on one Saturday in every month.

These drop in demonstrations give you a chance to have an in depth look at the various kitchen appliances on display as well as taste the results. There will be specialised staff on hand to answer all your questions. So please drop in whether you own one of the appliances, are thinking about purchasing or are just plain curious.

The dates are listed below:
12th Sept 2009
17th Oct 2009
14th Nov 2009
5th Dec 2009

From September 2009, Cooking in High Heels will be running cookery demonstrations from the Newbury Showroom. The events all have a seasonal theme and will focus on a particular range cooker, but of course the recipes will be delicious whichever cooker they are made on.

The cost is £15 per head for the demonstration and a £10 voucher towards Cooking in High Heels' cookware. There is also a charity event which costs £20 for the demonstration and a raffle ticket. All profits from this will go to CLIC Sargent.

Book your place now

Attend a trade day

The Newbury showroom contains natural stone products and slabs in stunning displays, unlike any elsewhere in the UK.
It is there to be used as a resource by you: to inspire you and help you understand more about natural stone and the possibilities of manufacture.
We are organising a series of trade days over the next few months and would be delighted if you could attend.
The days will be for a limited number of people to come and find out more about how they could use natural stone in their businesses and what stoneCIRCLE has to offer them.

stoneCIRCLE has started stocking some of the Mapei range of tile adhesives and grout. The products which are suitable for use with stone tiles are available in both the Basingstoke and Newbury showrooms.

Mapei is one of the biggest brands in the adhesives market with its products sold all over the world. The range stocked by stoneCIRCLE includes rapid set adhesive, coloured grouts and coloured silicone sealant. Further details can be viewed on the ancillary products page

Celebrations for Newbury Opening

Staff at stoneCIRCLE celebrated the opening of Newbury with a party, which was followed a couple of weeks' later by another event for customers and press held in the 25000 square foot showroom.
The latter event saw Anna from Flameworks cooking delicious homemade food in the working kitchen which forms part of the showroom, giving a taste of the cookery demonstrations that will take place in the autumn.

Win a worktop in Newbury

stoneCIRCLE has extended the deadline for its draw to win a stunning stone worktop worth up to £3000 to the end of June 2009.

If you want to enter all you have to do is to go to the Newbury showroom at 11 Arnhem Road Bone Lane Industrial Estate and register your details with the company*. You can find instructions and a map here.

Donations to Cancer Research UK

The company is also donating £5 to Cancer Research UK for every person who registers*.

Terms and Conditions

stoneCIRCLE’s Newbury showroom opens in early May. The company’s motto is “bringing stone to life” and this sums up the contents of the showroom: gorgeous natural stone products for the home like the ones that you can see on this site, made in our Basingstoke factory. We've been looking for suitable premises in Newbury for quite a while as many of the existing customers at our Basingstoke showroom are already from the area and indeed further north. So it made perfect sense to expand there as soon as we could find the right property.