The team was taken by surprise by a recent communication – explaining that Diespeker has been shortlisted as a finalist in the Tomorrow’s Tile & Stone Awards 2021. We are the proud owners of two winner awards from TTS, for 2018 and again in 2020. This year, the product earmarked as worthy of an accolade is our Palladiana terrazzo. Although we didn’t come up with the concept of Palladiana (it’s […]
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In our humble opinion, Diespeker’s standard terrazzo range is more than impressive. We have over 120 options spanning neutral designs that work well in any situation all the way through to bold designs that will definitely steal the show. No terrazzo surface is exactly the same due to nature of the material and the features that can be added, brass strips, grooves, different edges and so on. However, there are
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Our sporty MD recently joined four friends on a marathon cycling trip. The journey started in Wimbledon and took in some delightful routes as they travelled west. The intrepid team then turned around and cycled all the way back! The total distance they covered was around 1,000km. They stayed at some lovely hotels along the route, enjoying the opportunity since lockdown measures eased earlier in the summer. John says that
From London to Lands’ End – and back! Read More »
It’s now compulsory for people in England, Northern Ireland and Scotland to wear face coverings when using public transport and it’s about to become compulsory in shops (it already is in Scotland). Additionally, the World Health Organisation is recommending that people wear non-medical face coverings in workplaces where it is difficult to social distance. This is a fairly major step change for many of us used to being mask free
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Although Diespeker is a serious-minded business, there’s always space for a bit of fun – especially with our hardworking factory team. We’ve all been feeling the stress of lockdown and not being able to easily get away for a holiday in sunny climes overseas. But one member of our factory team had a bright idea for a getaway plan. While he was moving a slab of Carrara marble, Paul Acosta
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Although Diespeker worked throughout lockdown, albeit with a reduced team, we had a little extra time to put some thought into the organisation of our premises. One of those niggly jobs that we kept putting on the back burner was sorting out the many different chippings that we have in the bespoke terrazzo / precast area of the factory. This is where all the magic happens when we create unique
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