Coronavirus advice for employers
September 1, 2022
Boris Johnson has announced that all legal requirements to self-isolate in England will come to an end on Thursday 24 February, as he set out plans for 'living with COVID'. Read More
Scotland highlights £900m funding gap for cladding remediation
June 21, 2022
As the move to identify and remove dangerous cladding on high-risk buildings continues across the UK following the Grenfell Tower fire and the inquiry’s findings, the Scottish Government has identified a £900million shortfall to carry out remediation work. Read More
Human impact of fire investigated in new study
April 12, 2022
The Centre for Economics and Business Research and founding member Aico, and the Housing Safety and Wellbeing Taskforce, is conducting research into the human impact of fire. Read More
New fire safety guides introduced in Scotland
March 15, 2022
Multiple new fire safety guides have been introduced in Scotland, including practical guidance for existing high-rise domestic buildings. Read More
Nursery fined after baby chokes to death
January 24, 2022
An Edinburgh nursery has been fined £800,000 after an eleven-month-old boy in its care died after choking on a piece of food. Read More
Contractor and security company fined after security guard dies of hypothermia at windfarm
November 18, 2021
Two companies have been fined following an incident where a security guard died after being found lying face down and hypothermic, in deep snow, at a remote hillside in Ayrshire. Read More
Changes to fire safety laws in Scotland require all homeowners to have interlinked alarms
September 21, 2021
The Scottish Government has introduced new fire safety laws legislating that all homeowners be required to have interlinked alarms in their properties. Read More
Scottish construction workers get road safety training
March 26, 2019
Around 120 construction workers attended a road safety training event in Inverness last week to help protect them from road accidents on their commute to work. Read More
Balfour Beatty fine: Third Don Crossing worker struck by wheeled excavator
February 26, 2019
A civil engineering contractor has been fined after an employee of Balfour Beatty Group Employment Limited was fatally injured when he was struck on the body by a wheeled excavator. Read More
Care home fine: 60k fine after resident dies in stairway fall
February 19, 2019
A family-run care home has been sentenced after a resident fell down a set of stairs and later died as a result. Read More
