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RRC New Course: NEBOSH Safety Simplified

RRC New Course: NEBOSH Safety Simplified

RRC, the UK’s largest provider of health and safety and environmental management training qualifications, is delighted to announce the launch of a new course. Safety Simplified has been...
COLLEGEST ANDREWS COLLEGE FINED AFTER TEACHER RUN OVER BY DELIVERY VAN

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

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 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,...
ROOFING COMPANY FINED AFTER WORKER FALL

ROOFING COMPANY FINED AFTER WORKER FALL

A roofing company has been fined after a worker suffered serious back injuries when he fell from a ladder whilst transporting a bucket full of broken tiles. Folkestone Magistrates’ Court...
GROUND CONTROL ACQUIRES JW CROWTHER & SON

GROUND CONTROL ACQUIRES JW CROWTHER & SON

External maintenance and commercial landscaping provider Ground Control has cemented its position as the country’s biggest private gritting company and winter maintenance provider with the...
Iain Mackey and Alastair Hogg non-executive directors Reactec

REACTEC APPOINTMENTS STRENGTHEN BOARD

Reactec, UK provider of smart monitoring devices and data analytics of Hand Arm Vibration (HAV*) risk, has appointed Iain Mackay and Alastair Hogg to the Board as a non-executive directors. Both...
WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION AIR QUALITY CAMPAIGNER JOINS BESA

WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION AIR QUALITY CAMPAIGNER JOINS BESA

The UK’s first World Health Organisation (WHO) advocate for air quality and health has joined the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) group for Health and Wellbeing in Buildings...
Company fined after employee suffered degloving injury

COMPANY FINED AFTER EMPLOYEE SUFFERED DEGLOVING INJURY

A manufacturer of swimming pool covers has been fined after a worker suffered a degloving injury when his hand got caught between two power driven rollers of an extruder machine.   Brighton...
COACH COMPANY SENTENCED AFTER FATAL INCIDENT

COACH COMPANY SENTENCED AFTER FATAL INCIDENT

A Lancashire man was sentenced after a father-of-three was fatally crushed while working underneath a double decker bus. Crewe Magistrates’ Court heard how on 14 June 2017, Wayne Lannon, a...

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