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Poor Construction Site Security Led to Child’s Death

Latest case from the HSE is heartbreaking; A civil engineering firm has been fined £600K for safety breaches after a seven-year-old child became trapped and suffocated on a construction site. Seven-year-old Conley Thompson went missing […]

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Is The Time Right For Insurers to Invest in Repair Centres?

Everyone in the insurance sector knows that car repairs are becoming more expensive, plus supply chain issues are delaying sourcing of parts. As this research highlights, the repair network itself is under strain – is […]

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Fatal Accident Involving Mobile Elevating Platform

The latest case from the HSE; A Lincolnshire based manufacturing company that specialises in lifting and handling equipment has been fined after an employee died after falling with a work platform onto the M25 motorway. […]

Insurance claims

Carlsberg Fined £3m After Fatality On Site

The latest from the HSE; Carlsberg has been fined £3 million after a contractor died and another was seriously injured following an ammonia gas leak at one of its breweries. The incident happened at Carlsberg’s […]

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Directors Sentenced After Asbestos Breaches

Latest from the HSE; Two former company directors have been sentenced and fined after a refurbishment project at a former department store was found to have disturbed asbestos containing materials (ACMs) while demolition work was […]

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Zurich Insite Points The Way on Building Management

Zurich UK has launched a new smart building proposition to help businesses cut property losses and boost sustainability. The self-installed devices monitor the real-time ‘health’ of buildings, allowing firms to increase operational efficiencies, reduce risk […]

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D-RISK Research Suggests Autonomous Cars Are Getting Smarter

Autonomous vehicles trained using extreme one-in-a-million accident data and ‘near-miss’ scenarios can achieve a six-fold improvement on the detection of a collision risk posed by other road users, compared to vehicles being trained using traditional […]