Landlord fined for failing to carry out fire safety improvements
May 4, 2022
A property company has been fined £20,000 for failing to carry out safety and fire safety improvement works after ignoring requests to do so by housing officers. Read More
Are industry professionals confident in the new Building Safety Bill?
October 13, 2021
Experts discuss whether they believe the proposed Building Safety Bill can prevent another tragic event like Grenfell from happening again. Read More
Fire safety: Making buildings safer
July 29, 2021
In episode 13 of the Safety & Health Podcast, we take a look at the legislative and systemic changes required in fire safety, and the wider building sector, to ensure buildings are made safer for occupants. Read More
FPA launches Know Your Building campaign as large fire losses average £650k
November 9, 2020
Launching its Know Your Building campaign, data from the Fire Protection Association (FPA) reveals the huge financial impact of fires on businesses and services in the UK over a ten-year period. Read More
Fire Sector Summit 2019 to focus on cladding, toxicity and timber frame buildings
October 30, 2019
The Fire Protection Association’s annual Fire Sector Summit aims to provide the very latest sector thinking and developments to protect people and buildings. Read More
Grenfell anniversary: Have lessons been learned two years on?
June 14, 2019
Today marks the two-year anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire, which claimed 72 lives and exposed shameful complacency and shortcomings in UK fire safety. Read More
Notre Dame wake-up call: The dos and don’ts of protecting heritage buildings
April 24, 2019
The Notre Dame blaze has been described as a 'wake-up call' for the guardians of the Palace of Westminster, with restoration works on the crumbling structure not due to start until the mid-2020s. Read More
Government bans combustible cladding
November 29, 2018
Combustible materials will not be allowed on the external walls of new buildings over 18-metres containing flats, hospitals, residential care premises, dormitories in boarding schools and student accommodation. Read More
Grenfell: Cladding tests must reflect real life
July 5, 2018
The Grenfell Tower fire is one of the most significant the UK has seen for years, bringing widespread attention to a number of failures and to a system described by Dame Judith Hackitt as ‘not fit for purpose’. Read More
Ministers urged to resist “industry pressure” over desktop studies
May 1, 2018
The Local Government Association (LGA) has called on the Government to resist “industry pressure” to keep using desktop studies as Read More
