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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David Cameron has said in a sweeping statement that “We will ‘directly commission’ 13,000 new homes” in the governments bid to end it reliance on big builders land banking. This…
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A Company carrying out construction work to convert an eight storey former Ford office block into 384 flats has been prosecuted for safety failings that put many at risk. On…
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As we count down to the new year lets have a look at the most read posts from 2015 which has been revised because of the overwhelming amount of visits…
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Two companies have been fined a total of £1.3million following the death of a scaffolder who was just weeks away from his wedding day. The court was told John Altoft,…
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