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Emerging Talent Awards 2025: Final Shortlist Announced!

Emerging Talent Awards 2025: Final Shortlist Announced!

We've been delighted by the response to our Emerging Talent Awards, receiving nominations from across the industry, with submissions reflecting the contribution of a wide range of entrants, as we seek to recognise and reward the achievements of those at the beginning of their career in the sector.

Emerging Talent Award

The Awards form part of the seminar programme at The Stone Show & Hard Surfaces, taking place from May 7-9 at Excel, London, co-located with UK Construction Week.

Join us from 2pm on Friday 9th May for the session Emerging Talent Awards: Celebrating and Inspiring the Next Generation of Stone Industry Talent, exploring what the industry is doing to invest in the next generation and discuss the challenges of training and talent retention and how the industry is looking to solve these.

 

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The shortlist:

In the search for our five winners, we've whittled the nominees down to a final shortlist – so let's meet them!

 

 

 

Tom Bradbury

Operations Director | Stone Industry Group Ltd  

Learn more about their nomination >

 


 

Barney Murray

Dry Stone Waller | Barney Murray  

Learn more about their nomination >

 


 

 

 

Lisa Nunn

Senior Geologist | FMDC  

Learn more about their nomination >

 


 

 

 

Indiana Hoare

Business Development Manager | Stonegate Tooling  

Learn more about their nomination >

 


 

 

 

Angelica Zambelis

Technical Support Manager | D Zambelis  

Learn more about their nomination >

 


 

 

 

James Digger

Stonemason | St. Pauls Cathedral  

Learn more about their nomination >

 


 

 

 

Lewis Elder

Apprentice Stonemason | Cubby Construction  

Learn more about their nomination >

 


 

 

 

Ben Sainsbury

Stone Workshop Manager | FDC (UK) Ltd  

Learn more about their nomination >

 


 

 

 

Ritesh Musale

Assistant Surveyor | Meister Masonry  

Learn more about their nomination >

 


 

 

 

Adam Lithauer

Director | Vetro Tooling Ltd  

Learn more about their nomination >

 


 

 

 

Sophie Heather-Warner

Management Trainee | Meister Masonry  

Learn more about their nomination >

 


 

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