newsHSE announces new chief inspector of buildings
THE HEALTH and Safety Executive (HSE) has announced the appointment of a chief inspector of buildings to establish and lead the new Building Safety Regulator (BSR).
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productTime to face the truth about jet air dryers
WHILE THERE has been a focus on regular and adequate hand washing, Kimberly-Clark Professional is asking: ‘How do you dry your hands?’.
newsSuspended prison sentence for pub landlord
A CLEVEDON pub landlord whose health and safety failings caused a boy to suffer serious head injuries, has been given a suspended prison sentence.
newsNational Grid Gas fined £4M over missing records
NATIONAL GAS utility company National Grid Gas plc has been fined for failing to ensure its records relating to gas risers in some high-rise multi occupancy building were up to date.
newsCompany fined after scaffolding collapsed
A SCAFFOLDING company has been fined after scaffolding collapsed across the entrance to the car park of Coventry Skydome.
newsHotel and porter fined after fire causes fatalities
A LONDON-based company has been fined £500,000 for fire safety failings that led to the deaths of two guests at the Cameron House Hotel in 2017.
newsBusinessman prosecuted for waste failings
A SOUTH Lincolnshire businessman has been given an 18-week suspended prison sentence for storing and burning waste illegally at a site in Gedney Dyke, despite repeated warnings from the Environment Agency. He was also ordered to pay costs and a victim surcharge totalling nearly £7,000.
productCan technology prevent another Grenfell?
BESPOKE RISK Solutions (BRS) has been appointed by IKU Technology, a company that sells an external fire suppression system, which can be retrofitted to buildings. BRS will work with it and discuss the benefits of its system to the insurance sector, in the UK and other parts of the world.
productWireless fire detection at listed house
FIRE ALARM control equipment from Advanced has been installed at the core of a wireless fire detection system protecting Leuchie House in East Lothian on the Scottish Borders.
productRenovotec to lease temperature screening system
ILL HEALTH in the workplace costs Britain more than £10 billion a year in lost production or £19,000 per case according to government figures.
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