Nov 19, 2020 | Industry News
Encouraging signs in HSE’s latest annual asbestos disease statistics On 4th November, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) released its most recent figures for asbestos-related disease and deaths in Great Britain, comprising data up to December 2019. The statistics...
Nov 2, 2020 | Industry News
Failure to control asbestos removal lands client and construction firm with fines Sentences have been handed down to a property owner and building contractors in relation to the refurbishment of an old hotel where asbestos-containing materials (ACMs) were found...
Oct 2, 2020 | Industry News
Fears rise over five-year low in construction industry asbestos training The UK Asbestos Training Association (UKATA) has voiced concerns about a persistent shortfall in asbestos training in the construction sector since the COVID-19 pandemic commenced The UK Asbestos...
Nov 21, 2019 | Industry News
Quadrupling in gullet cancer cases blamed on asbestos-laced ‘70s beer While many Britons who follow the headlines about high-profile cases of asbestos-related disease are familiar with conditions arising from contact with the fibres in a construction or industrial...
Oct 28, 2019 | Industry News
Worker asbestos exposure leads to fine for restaurant owner The owner of a popular Indian restaurant in Essex was ordered to pay over £9,000 after workers tasked with converting part of his property into flats were exposed to asbestos. Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court...
Oct 28, 2019 | Industry News
Company fined in relation to asbestos exposure at South Shields hotel The disturbance of asbestos by workers at a hotel in North East England has led to a contractor and client company both being sentenced and hit with fines. RJW Building Solutions Limited, which was...
