The construction and maintenance company Carillion missed opportunities to prevent a rail worker from acting in a safety role before he was killed by a passing train near Gainsborough. The gang leader Scott Dobson,…
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Wayne Larry Poole, 44, attempted to steal almost £150,000 in VAT fraud by running an unregistered business and billing for VAT without being VAT registered by using a fake VAT…
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Two companies have been sentenced after a construction worker suffered life changing injuries when he received an electric shock from an overhead power line. Ashley Coe, an agency worker, working…
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The commercial construction sector helped the building industry to finish 2015 in a strong position, the latest survey of purchasing managers from Markit/CIPS suggests. According to the UK Construction Purchasing…
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A astonishing 475,647 planning permissions have been granted but have yet to be built. A new study commissioned by Local Government Association, has prompted calls for all developers to pay full council tax on…
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A private landlord was prosecuted today after failing to provide gas safety certificates for two rented properties. Harrogate Magistrates’ Court heard that following a complaint from a tenant, an Improvement…
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A food company and their contractor have been fined after asbestos was disturbed during building work and only identified by chance when an asbestos removal contractor attended site. Stafford Crown…
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A company contracted to lay a pipe under a road surface was sentenced today after a court heard it failed to keep and maintain a save place of work, resulting…
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One of the country’s leading base jumpers Dan Witchalls has jumped of Canary Warf in new footage released online, he disguised himself as a construction worker is shown strolling past…
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A recent document released by UCATT highlights the impact of the tax changes made to umbrella companies by Mr Osborne in the recent budget with construction workers travel expenses at…
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