A company, two directors and a self-employed contractor have been sentenced and fined after an electrician fell two storeys through an unprotected stairwell. Manchester and Salford Magistrates Court heard how,…
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A self-employed gas fitter has been jailed after he carried out unsafe gas work while falsely pretending to be Gas Safe registered. Marc Murrie misled homeowners on several occasions by…
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A digger has landed on a cherry picker while being loaded into a shaft at the Tideway site in Greenwich the mini excavator was dropped down a shaft landing on an…
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A massive five axle crane overturned on a job site in Uppsala, Sweden on Thursday. The crane a five axle Liebherr from the Estonian rental company Ehitustehnika/Viking Cranes was in…
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An Essex-based company has today been fined following the death of concrete worker Garry Louis at a dockside apron-upgrade project on the Port of Felixstowe. Chelmsford Crown Court heard how R….
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A Staffordshire-based landlord has been sentenced after failing to provide evidence that a gas safety check had been carried out at one of his tenanted properties. Newcastle-under-Lyme Magistrates’ Court heard…
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Nationaltradesmen has been growing in recent months thanks to the complete website rebuild focusing more on tradesmen and their companies and what they have to offer. We now offer free…
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A building company has been sentenced after a wall collapsed on a home owner. Manchester Magistrates’ Court heard how on 1 May 2018, Stephen Farnell trading as Farnell Building Contractors…
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Leading construction firms have teamed up with the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA) to produce practical tools designed to prevent modern slavery and labour exploitation on building sites. The…
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The Industrial Determination which was agreed in 2016 set out the rates of pay which would apply under the National Working Rules from 2017 for a four year period. This…
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