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News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Britain's Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued a warning on the dangers of conducting roof-related work that...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Britain's Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued a warning over the dangers of working from height, which...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has announced it will prosecute a company for breaches of health and...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is offering advice to construction companies in a bid to reduce the...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Britain's Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued a statement in an effort to clear up a myth...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. An accident which resulted in an employee losing his finger has prompted the UK's Health and Safety Executive...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Britain's Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued a new warning in relation to the dangers of asbestos....

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. DIY and home improvement firm B&Q has introduced a new tradesmen discount card for use nationwide. According to...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Britain's Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has sought to refute a myth relating to the nation's numerous park...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. The influx of migrants into the UK construction industry has been "beneficial" to the "effective operation" of the...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. An increasing number of construction firms based in the north-east will merge their operations, according to one expert....

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Police in Kent are to pool more resources into tackling the problem of theft from building sites. Loss...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Tradesmen in the building industry can take pride in the results of a new survey, which revealed that...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Having a good reputation throughout the local area is a key requirement for tradesmen to get business, according...

On 17 April the OFT launched proceedings against 112 construction companies alleging that they had been involved in bid rigging in breach of Competition Law. The companies concerned range from multi-billion pound national companies to SME's and in the worst...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Tradesmen who do not have the correct builders insurance could be turned away from potential work in favour...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. A seminar detailing the dangers of slips, trips and falls has been announced by the Health and Safety...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Britain's Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued a warning following the death of a welder during an...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. The UK's Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued a warning in relation to work conducted with dangerous...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. The driver of a forklift truck in Herefordshire has been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE),...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. A company in Sweden has launched a new craftsmen's kilt. Created by the firm Blaklader, the new garment...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. The UK's Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has confirmed the merger of the organisation with the Health and...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Britain's Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has confirmed that legal action has been taken against two firms, following...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. A number of individuals in the east of the country have sustained major injuries in the workplace as...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Britain's Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has released a warning in relation to its asbestos-related campaign in the...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. The UK's construction sector has been affected by the decline in the housing market, it has been claimed....

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Homeowners in the Somerset area have received a warning against the use of rogue tradesmen operating locally. Councillor...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. A road building company has been fined after facing prosecution by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). A...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Construction companies, who have large employer's liability premiums, are among those businesses which are reluctant to offer apprenticeships,...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Workplace accident cost the West Midlands almost £71 million, with six fatalities recorded in the region during 2007....

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. The performance of the Derbyshire construction industry's refurbishment sector has received criticism from the Health and Safety Executive...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. A Wandsworth-based contractor has been prosecuted following the collapse of a building in the Islington district of London....

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Britain's Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has announced the prosecution of Kings College in Cambridge after a number...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. In 2007, across Scotland a total of five individuals lost their lives as a consequence of slips, trips...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Britain's Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has levied criticism against the performance of the north-east's refurbishment sector. Speaking...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. With housing prices showing signs of slowing, tradesmen working in the home conversions sector could see themselves more...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. The Federation of Master Builders (FMB) is expecting the planning reform bill to have a significant impact on...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Britain's Health and Safety Executive (HSE) will this week launch its Shattered Lives campaign in Greenwich. With the...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published details of findings in relation to the checking of refurbishment...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Britain's Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued a warning in relation to the potential dangers of workplace...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. The South Wales Working Well Together Group (WWT) is to hold an event to raise awareness of the...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Britain's Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has announced details of a forthcoming electrical safety seminar in Bury St...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Refurbishment sites are being targeted across Westminster in an effort to ensure the safety of the public and...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Britain's Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued a strong warning on the dangers of asbestos. The HSE...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. This week will see the launch of the Shattered Lives Campaign in the south-west of England, the Health...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Details of a health and safety event for contractors who hire tree-specialists, have been provided by the Health...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Britain's Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued a warning to employers in relation to work conducted at...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. New data released by the British Lung Foundation (BLF) has highlighted a lack of awareness in relation to...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. A business has been fined following the death of an employee in 2003. Following the death of a...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. The UK's Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has announced details of this year's campaign against slips, trips and...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Two firms have been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) for violations of legislation governing health...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has announced action to reduce the number of construction sector deaths. In...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. The different locations within a property where asbestos might be found have been highlighted by the Health and...

A suspected bogus tradesmen has been reported in the Ballymena area of Northern Ireland. Calling at the door of one local resident, the supposed representative of a telephone company was unable to provide identification upon request and was subsequently denied...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Police officials in Derry have issued a warning to local residents about the need for vigilance against unsolicited...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Key figures in the construction industry are angered by the government's decision to change the ministerial rank of...

The number of client enquiries for all types of building work has fallen to its lowest level since 2005, with 40% of builders reporting a drop in enquiries, warns the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) in its latest State of...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of business insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. A Kirkby-based landscaping company has won a number of awards for work carried out in St Helens. Picking up...

Government funding for the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) needs to be increased if the escalation in the number of construction deaths, which has risen from 60 to 77, is to be reversed, warns the Federation of Master Builders (FMB)....

A north-west builder is facing action after illegally disposing of asbestos. According to reports by the Liverpool Echo, a court hearing has heard how the builder dumped asbestos in a Merseyside village, in spite of not being in possession of...

A pipe fitter and plumber in Tyneside has received compensation after being exposed to asbestos. The 67-year-old has been awarded over £150,000 in compensation after becoming exposed to asbestos while performing his duties as a plumber at a shipyard in...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of business insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. A British apprentice has been awarded a bronze medal at the recent Skills Olympics in Japan. Simon Noble, an...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of business insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. A group of French apprentice plumbers were recently welcomed in Barnsley as part of a work placement programme. Staying...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of business insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. The creator of an online tradesmen directory has said he wants to champion the cause of customers and reliable...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of business insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. The cost effectiveness of the nation's tradesmen have been called into question by the results of a new survey....

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of business insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. The prime minister Gordon Brown is set to announce new grants for young apprentices, it has emerged, to include...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of business insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. An apprentice from Wrexham has received a nomination for an award because of the levels of commitment and dedication...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - providers of independent business insurance, business finance, landlords insurance, buy-to-let mortgages and commercial mortgages. A new survey has found that skilled tradesmen in the UK are not quite so easy to find. According...