newsFines for failed fire safety at student flats
THREE COMPANIES have been ordered to pay fines totalling £670,000 after admitting fire safety failings at a building used for student accommodation in Leeds.
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newsTyre company director nailed for fire safety failings
THE DIRECTOR of a scrap tyre yard has been handed a suspended prison sentence for a series of fire safety offences after an emergency fire door was nailed shut in a building where workers were living.
newsNew measures to improve building safety standards
THE SLOW pace of improving building safety standards will not be tolerated, the Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick warned on 20 January 2020.
newsHoarder sentenced for flouting tyre storage laws
A MAN who ran illegal waste sites – dangerously hoarding hundreds of tonnes of waste tyres – has been handed a 12 month suspended prison sentence.
newsHotel fined for fire safety failures
A STRATFORD hotel and its owner have been ordered to pay a total of £45,000 for “serious and systemic” fire safety failures which “put staff and guests at risk”.
productExpanded fire safety range
VSafety, a trusted provider of health & safety and facilities management products, has recently expanded its fire safety range to give a greater choice of fire safety equipment, accessories and signage to businesses across the UK.
newsChemical company fined following site fire
CHEMICAL COMPANY LMA Services Ltd has been sentenced for safety breaches after a fire which quickly took hold of buildings and storage areas at the site.
productBull Products protects Old Admiralty building
Bull Products, a manufacturer of life-saving fire protection equipment, has supplied more than 300 of its Cygnus wireless alarm systems to the world famous, Grade II listed, Old Admiralty Building that is being transformed into the new home for the Department for Education.
newsGrenfell report critical of fire brigade
THE INQUIRY into the Grenfell Tower fire has published its phase one report, which criticises London Fire Brigade (LFB) for “serious shortcomings” and systemic failures in its response.
newsGovernment must adopt new approach to safety
The BRITISH Safety Council has responded to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry stating that the report shows shows the regulatory regime failed.
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