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• On-site Hot Weather working with Mortar
• Take full account of weather exposure maps before building, says MPA Mortar

Latest news

• Data Sheet 24 published: Repointing external brickwork
• Learning Texts 14 published: Cleaning brickwork
• Mortar News Autumn 2023 published - Issue 35
• Brian Carr passes away, former director of John Carr Liverpool Ltd
• MPA Mortar 50th annual lunch 'probably the best ever'!
• Winter working warning from MPA Mortar
• Mortar News Spring 2023 published - Issue 34
• Mortar News Autumn 2022 published - Issue 33
• Mortar News Spring 2022 published - Issue 32
• New associate members for MPA Mortar

Archived articles

• Mortar News Autumn 2021 published
• Mortar News Summer 2021 published
• MPA Mortar welcome Anglia Lime Company as new Producer Member in 2021
• Marshalls rebrands its factory-produced mortars division
• Take full account of weather exposure maps before building, says MPA Mortar
• Winter working warning from MPA Mortar
• Mortar News Autumn 2020 published
• Mortar Industry name change
• Mortar News Autumn 2019 published
• Guild Of Bricklayers - Competition 2019 Winners Announced
• 2017 Guild of Bricklayers Competition - East Midlands Results
• 2017 Guild of Bricklayers Competition - Wales Results
• 2017 Guild of Bricklayers Competition - Southern and Notts/Lincolnshire Heats Held
• 2017 Guild of Bricklayers Competition - North West Regional Winners Announced
• Regional Guild of Bricklayers - 2017 Competition Underway
• MIA active at Ecobuild 2017
• MIA Sponsors Guild of Bricklayers Competition for Third Year
• Mortar News Autumn 2016 published
• UK Construction Week 2016
• Resilient Housing Conference
• National Winners Guild of Bricklayers Competition
• Yorkshire heat winners for the Guild of Bricklayers Competition
• 2016 Final of Guild of Bricklayers Competition
• London heat winners for the Guild of Bricklayers competition
• Two more bricklaying heats completed
• Guild of Bricklayers Northern heat winners
• Guild of Bricklayers Southern heat winners
• Guild Of Bricklayers competition North West heat winners
• Winners of first two heats in Guild of Bricklayers 2016 national competition
• Mortar News Spring 2016 published
• MIA shows building skills at Ecobuild
• First heat for National Apprentice Bricklayers' Competition
• MIA on show at Ecobuild
• Brick Awards 2015 - success for suppliers of factory-produced mortar
• Mortar News Autumn 2015
• Updated data sheets now on website
• Guild of Bricklayers competiton 2015 final winners announced
• Final of Guild of Bricklayers competition
• Further winners announced for the guild of bricklayers’ regional competitions
• MIA annual lunch business presentations
• Bricklaying winners announced
• Mortar News Spring 2015
• Mortar at Eco Build
• MIA sponsored Architect's Choice Award goes to London mews
• Mortar News Autumn 2014
• Over 80 per cent of uk building mortar comes from factory-produced sources
• CE Marking assured with factory-produced mortars
• Mortar News Spring 2014
• Mortar News Autumn 2013
• Self-build a brighter spot in the housing market
• Mortar News Autumn 2012
• Mortar News Spring 2012
• Call for more education for mortar specifiers
• Gap widens between private and public sector housing registrations
• New-build housing market looking better
• Government recognises masonry construction reaches zero-carbon
• Cold weather working with mortars
• Fire safety in timber-framed buildings
• Thermal insulation - don't listen to a physics master
• Investment in housing means real jobs
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