Over 150 schools have now been identified as having Reinforced Autoclave Aerated Concrete (RAAC) in their buildings. Law firm Fieldfisher LLP offers legal advice on the ramifications. Following the ...

Calls for UK government to ban artificial stone worktops follow the first cases of silicosis linked to its manufacturing. Medical experts have called for the Government to follow Australia in banning ...

IOSH and CIOB have urged Labour to consider quality and competency in its ambitious construction targets. Associations including IOSH, CIOB and RoSPA have expressed caution in response to the ...

In the first of a three-part mini podcast series with both SHP and IFSEC Insider, Senior Technical Consultant at Firechief Global, Matt Humby talks about the risks associated with lithium-ion ...

Tesco’s Chief Executive, Ken Murphy, has announced that staff are to be offered bodycams after abuse rose by a third in the last year. Last summer, 100 retail chiefs wrote to 41 Police and Crime ...

New publication reflecting on fifty years of the legislation applauds the Act’s influence but asks questions around wellbeing and technology. While most applauded its affect in curtailing deaths and ...

New guidance from the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), Britain’s independent equality and human rights regulator, on how menopausal women should be treated in the workplace, could see ...

Labour has introduced legislation it says will “upgrade workers’ rights across the UK”. Employees will now be able to claim sick pay from the first day of a new job and are entitled to unpaid parental ...

The British Retail Consortium has expressed concern for its members following recent rioting across the UK. Much of the disorder took place on high streets with shops being targeted for looting. The ...

London Fire Brigade (LFB) said 225 firefighters tackled the blaze in Dagenham, East London in the early hours on Monday (26 August) morning. Residents of the high rise block, the Spectrum Building, ...

Government plans to reform health and safety law and regulations amidst what it calls over-zealous use of ‘senseless’ road cones. New Zealand has launched a nationwide consultation on health and ...

Poor safety management and insensitivity to residents’ concerns characterised landlord’s failings at Grenfell Tower, according to the Phase 2 report. Ron Alalouff continues his analysis of the inquiry ...