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FLYBE FINED FOR UNSAFE PASSENGER LIFT
International airline Flybe Ltd has been sentenced after an investigation into a worker falling into a lift shaft at Exeter Airport uncovered health and safety failings. Exeter Magistrates’...
TESCO FINED £700K AFTER PENSIONER BREAKS HIP
Tesco, the UK’s largest supermarket chain, has landed a fine in excess of £700,000 after a 91-year-old pensioner slipped at its Hemel Hempstead store and broke his hip. On Monday 6...
MATES IN MIND COMMITTED TO REACHING 75% OF CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
In January, Mates in Mind joined the Industry and Parliament Trust (IPT) in a roundtable discussion exploring the prevalence and impacts of mental ill-health in the construction industry. During...
NEW BUILDING SAFETY REGULATOR TO BE ESTABLISHED
The slow pace of improving building safety standards will not be tolerated, the Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has warned, as he announced that the government is committed to delivering the...
COMPANY FINED AFTER VEHICLE STRUCK AN OVERHEAD POWER CABLE
Fairhurst Stone Merchants Ltd has been fined for safety breaches after a vehicle made contact with an uninsulated overhead electric power line. Leeds Magistrates’ Court heard that on 25...
CARLISLE COMPANY FINED AFTER CUSTOMER FATALLY CRUSHED
A Carlisle auto-salvage company was fined after a customer was trapped and fatally crushed when a lift truck he had purchased was being loaded onto his own recovery vehicle. Carlisle Crown...
STUDY FINDS MOST COMMON CAUSES OF WORKPLACE STRESS
One in every eight company employees in the UK has taken time off work for stress in the last year, according to a new study conducted by contractor payroll and accountancy experts, the Dolan...
COLLEGE FINED AFTER TEACHER RUN OVER BY DELIVERY VAN
St Andrew’s Tutorial Services Ltd has been fined after a teacher sustained serious injuries when she was struck by a delivery van. Cambridge Crown Court heard that on 26 February 2016, the...
SHEFFIELD COMPANY FINED £700,000 AFTER WORKER KILLED
Chesterfield Special Cylinders Ltd has been fined £700,000 for safety breaches after a 64-year-old worker was fatally wounded by shrapnel ejected from testing equipment. Sheffield Crown...
NG BAILEY SECURES CONTRACT TO SUPPORT HOSPITAL EXPANSION
NG Bailey has secured a £2.9m project to deliver mechanical, electrical and plumbing installations (MEP) for a new eye care centre at the Golden Jubilee National Hospital in Clydebank,...
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