Construction company fined for gas safety failings
A company that constructs extensions to houses has been fined after incorrectly working on gas flue, potentially putting lives at risk as harmful could have seeped back into the house….
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Landlord prosecuted over carbon monoxide risk
A mother and her young son were put at risk of suffering carbon monoxide poisoning for seven years at their home in Ashton-under-Lyne, a court has heard. The woman’s landlord,…
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Neville and Giggs seal funding for 200m scheme
Ryan Giggs and Gary Neville, development company has secured funding for a major housing scheme in Manchester city center the funding comes from a Far Eastern investors. Rowsley, a…
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UCATT warning over short term loan product
Construction union UCATT is warning construction workers to be extremely cautious before taking out a new short term loan product. The loans are being offered by the company SubMe and…
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Manslaughter summons after woman killed by falling glass
Four people and three companies have been summoned to Westminster Magistrate’s court over the death of a woman on a London fit out job in 2012 form falling glass pane….
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Fines for London’s HGV’s who do not adopt the new “Safer Lorry Scheme”
The safer lorry scheme comes into force today 01/09/15 in London to stop the deaths to cyclists who are being regularly killed in the capital with eight deaths already this…
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£4.2bn ‘super sewer’ gets go ahead
Construction of London’s new £4.2bn ‘super sewer’ will start next year following the confirmation of independent investors to finance and deliver the scheme. Earlier today, Bazalgette Tunnel Limited, a new…
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Roofing firm fined over working at height safety breaches
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Worker seriously injured by falling boards on Balfour Beatty site
A construction worker on a Balfour Beatty site in Dorset was knocked out and seriously injured after being struck by falling boards being lifted by a crane. The half a…
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Suspended prison sentences for Torbay brothers’ poor gaswork
An unregistered gas fitter and his brother illegally installed a gas boiler and left it in a dangerous condition. Lee Butterworth, 43, who trades as English Riviera Building Company Ltd,…
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