BAA News

Here are the latest news stories about the British Aggregates Association and our members. 

August 11, 2017 / Public-News

Reducing Unintended Movement of Plant – Managing Exposure to Consequential Risks

Construction Index reports that this guidance has been published in response to a series of accidents and near-misses by the...
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August 11, 2017 / Public-News

Other News – 11 August 2017

Vocational Qualifications Newsletter The latest newsletter from MP Awards is available here This includes a short recorded webinar about the...
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August 11, 2017 / Public-News

BAA Hits the Hardcopy Press!

Quarry Management, August - BAA Conference Report pt2 Mineral Planning, August - Early engagement is key to success
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August 11, 2017 / Public-News

English local regulatory fees to rise

Further to the consultation earlier this year DEFRA announced Tuesday (8th) that businesses regulated by local authorities will pay 4.5%...
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August 11, 2017 / Public-News

BAA Weekly News Friday 11th August 2017

British Aggregates Association Profile - Voicing Support We are featured in a 2- page article (pp52-53) in the latest (August)...
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July 28, 2017 / Public-News

New Member – A Falconer & Sons

A warm welcome to our latest new member A Falconer & Sons who operate Kirkhill Sand Quarry near Elgin. They...
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July 28, 2017 / Public-News

Vital – and Other – Statistics!

Despite industry objections government abandoned the collection for ONS (Office of National Statistics) of the statutory AMRI statistics last year...
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July 21, 2017 / Public-News

Congratulations to Breedon Group and Tillicoultry Quarries

Breedon Group have reported a doubling in revenue (to £326M) and a 50% increase in profit (to £31M) in the...
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July 14, 2017 / Public-News

Medium combustion plants and generators

The response to the recent DEFRA consultation ‘Improving air quality: reducing emissions from medium combustion plants and generators’ has now...
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July 14, 2017 / Public-News

Respirable Crystalline Silica (RCS): 0,1 mg/m3

The European Union (EU) Council COREPER committee voted Tuesday (11th) in favour of on an agreement reached by the European...
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July 14, 2017 / Public-News

Aggregate Sales to April 2017

The latest 6-monthly data from HMRC aggregates levy returns is now available, covering the period up to end-April this year....
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July 5, 2017 / Public-News

Record attendance for our Annual Meeting

BAA record attendance at our Annual Meeting and AGM  held at Marriott Forest of Arden, Warwickshire, on Monday 19th June,...
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June 20, 2017 / Public-News

Quarry of the Year 2017 named

Longwood Quarries won the award at the British Aggregates Association (BAA) annual conference held just outside Birmingham this Monday. Read...
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March 31, 2017 / Public-News

BAA members Hit the Press

Colin Nottage has his latest blog published this week on AggNet – Maintenance and Inspection  
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March 23, 2017 / Public-News

BAA Members in the News

Congratulations to Charles Hughes and all at Hugh King as the recent winners of the Ayrshire Chamber of Commerce 2017...
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