A time for celebrations and gratitude to Her Majesty The Queen for 70 years of devoted service. The Royal Family #PlatinumJubilee #HM70 As a result, our offices will be closed from 5pm, Wednesday, 1st June until 8am, Monday, 6th June.

Valuable health and safety day British Ceramic Confederation Clay Quarry Manager's CPD Seminar where MP Skills General Manager, Neil Peacock, presented on the topic of Competence, what does it mean and why is it important? The Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining

Delighted to welcome Industry Trainers to MPQC/SPA Contractor Safety Passport Standardisation Day. Knowledge shared. MP Connect MSSP update Blasting legislation & good practice MPA safety statistics & the Fatal Six Mineral Products Association Insight into Industry Law Howes Percival

Join us on stand PA2 Hillhead next week. If you want to talk about standards, training, safety, or anything else that's on your mind, let's meet up and share a coffee!

All complete and ready for Hillhead . See you tomorrow on stand PA2.

Lots of sunshine on day two of Hillhead. Great to see the sector working together in this unique space, brimming with ideas, incredible plant, machinery and inspiring discussions.

Thanks Hillhead for a great 2022 show. Our teams were busy out and about, enjoying the show and saying hello to the many valued people we collaborate with.

Could you be our new Mineral Products Standards Manager? This lynchpin role will establish the industry Standard Setting Organisation (SSO) and implement a Competence Framework for our sector, linking career pathways to approved training. For more, bit.ly/3AzeKii

Register for our new working at height e-learning module, bit.ly/3zgfh7z , in support of Mineral Products Association Fatal 6, who have launched two new guides, Safe Working at Height bit.ly/3PwFX9O and Working At Height Safely - Employee Guide bit.ly/3yReokL.

33 Site Safety Awareness Courses delivered in July! Huge thanks to our trainers, hosts and well done to the Drivers, gaining their mpconnect cards, as well as receiving Driver CPC uploads. Reserve places now for August webinars and face-to-face courses by calling 0115 873 5755.

Fantastic visit to CEMEX UK West Deeping aggregate quarry for our level 2 mobile and static plant processing apprentice cohort. Incredible passion and knowledge from Quarry Manager Phil McComb and great his team who took time to answer questions and challenge our apprentices.

Lisa Tyler, Accounts Assistant, winner of an MPQC Value Award, which says thank you to people in our business who make a positive difference to customers and colleagues. Lisa has quickly got to grips with multiple accounting systems, keeping operations smooth. Great work Lisa!

Our new Future Careers Manager is Emily Noble RCDP MCDI. Emily's prior education work @D2N2LEP and The Careers & Enterprise Company, as well as her understanding of the sector, will help engage and inspire students to pursue the range of available career opportunities within mineral products.

Supported Breedon Group PLC Family Fun Day at their Holme Hall quarry, near Rotherham. Great to see lots of young people enjoying the Minerals Matter simulator and the local community coming together to understand more about the vital role of the quarry and its work in the area.

Supporting World Mental Health Day, to 'Make Mental Health and Wellbeing a global priority for all'. Proud that many of our colleagues are trained mental health first aiders, able to offer support and advice to anyone in need of help. Mental Health Foundation Mind MHFA England®

Launch of Minerals Matter website heralds cross-sector approach aiming to attract young people to the mineral products sector bit.ly/3zofZ2y minerals-matter.co.uk #mineralsmatter

This #NationalEngineeringDay meet Lucy. Lucy is part of our rail sector team and a great role model for encouraging young people into our industry. Thanks to all the engineers not only #engineeringbetterlives but inspiring the next generation to do the same. This is Engineering

Lest we forget. All gave some; some gave all.

A well-deserved MPQC value award to Josh Pilmore, Tarmac, Thrislington, who collaborated with one of our trainers, transferring valuable knowledge to use in their role. He went above and beyond with his industry passion, making a memorable experience. Great work, Josh!

Minerals Matter in partnership with the Inst. of Quarrying NationalStoneCentre are thrilled to be hosting the next The Big Assembly in collaboration with @D2N2LEP Careers Hub and the ASK team! 😀 Minerals Matter MPQC @EmilyJNoble Apprenticeships and Skills The Careers & Enterprise Company