Health and Safety

The new rules were due to come into force next month causing widespread disruption across construction. Major contractors have been auditing freelancers employed via personal service companies as thousands of

The new legislation, if passed, will amend the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 to place a legal requirement on residential building owners to inspect cladding and fire doors. The introduction will

During 2018 and 2019, total fines for health and safety offences prosecuted by the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (Scotland) and the HSE (England and Wales) equated to £54.5m,

Fires can happen pretty much anywhere but are particularly common in the workplace. In the UK, there are approximately 16,000 non-residential fires reported each year, and a large proportion of these are

Top 5 Health Risks at Work According to the HSE Statistics the five health issues with the biggest impact on industry are, according the 2018/19 accident statistics: – Asbestos (5,000+

With working at height comes risk, statistically one of the highest risk, according to the latest HSE statistics for 2019. Of the 147 workers whom died as result of an accident

While health and safety can often be ridiculed or blamed for far-fetched decisions (I’m sure we can remember former Prime Minister David Cameron promising to kill the Health and Safety

It was reported in the constrctuionindex.co.uk on the 10th of July 2020 that an independent health & safety consultant has been fined £1,400 for giving rubbish advice to clients. It

During 2018 and 2019, total fines for health and safety offences prosecuted by the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (Scotland) and the HSE (England and Wales) equated to £54.5m,