Jul 21, 2025 | health and safety, News
The Guinness Partnership, one of England’s largest housing associations has donated a defibrillator to Charlestown Community Primary School in Blackley, Manchester. Construction work is now complete at Guinness’s Benmore Road development which means the defibrillator...
Oct 18, 2022 | health and safety
Eight of the 14 health boards in Scotland have asbestos in over 50% of their buildings. The figure rises as high as 92% of buildings for the NHS Lothian health board. Asbestos takes around 5,000 lives every year in the UK, with around 20 tradesmen dying each week...
May 19, 2022 | health and safety
St. Modwen Logistics, a leading logistics developer and manager, has received an internationally recognised award for demonstrating high health and safety standards across its construction sites for the second year running. The RoSPA (Royal Society For the Prevention...
May 6, 2022 | health and safety
A gas fitter and building company have been sentenced following unsafe and unregistered gas work. Southwark Crown Court heard that Valentin Pauliuc, trading as VP Plumbing & Heating, was hired in February 2019 by HSM Builders Limited, the principal contractor for...
May 6, 2022 | health and safety
An asbestos management company has been fined and two of its employees have been jailed for failing to protect workers from asbestos exposure during a major refurbishment project in Plymouth Chelmsford Crown Court heard that in February 2017, concerns were raised by...
Mar 15, 2021 | business, health and safety, News
The Association of Technical Lightning & Access Specialists’ (ATLAS) Council has voted in favour of temporarily amending the standard CSCS card renewal requirements for its sector, due to coronavirus severely restricting access to training. This has meant the...