In a recent case highlighting the severe consequences of ignoring health and safety regulations, a 59-year-old company director has been sentenced to eight months in prison for his role in the illegal removal of 10 tonnes of asbestos-containing material from a building in Hampshire. The incident occurred during a project to convert a commercial unit […]

A Dorset building contractor has been fined £5,000 after being prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) at Guildford Magistrates’ Court for breaching the Control of Asbestos Regulations between 20 April and 1 May 2011. The court heard on 30 April that the contractor had been hired to demolish a house in Woking, Surrey, […]