Willmott hit with £1.25m carbon monoxide exposure fine
Willmott Dixon’s residential arm, Willmott Partnership Homes, has been fined £1.25m for exposing members of the public to carbon monoxide fumes.
View ArticleFingers chopped cleaning saw land firm with £40k fine
A construction firm has been fined £40,000 after one of its workers had three fingers partially amputated following an incident involving a band resaw.
View ArticleBristol firm fined for unlicensed asbestos removal
A Bristol construction firm has been fined £7,000 for carrying out unlicensed asbestos work while redevelop a pub.
View ArticleFirm fined £80k for health and safety failings
Westminster Magistrates’ Court has fined a construction firm and banned its managing director for breaching health and safety laws.
View ArticleLabour pledges 'gig economy' rights overhaul
Shadow chancellor John McDonnell has pledged to bring in new laws to give “gig economy” workers sick pay, parental leave and protection against unfair dismissal.
View ArticleDirector given 15-year ban and suspended prison term
A Midlands-based director has been handed a six-month suspended prison sentence and the maximum directorial ban of 15 years for breaking the terms of an existing disqualification.
View ArticleCarillion: Big four accountants face competition probe
The Competition and Markets Authority has launched a review of the audit sector in the wake of Carillion liquidations and concerns over conflict of interest in the sector.
View ArticleTen charged in Lakehouse fire alarm fraud probe
Ten people have been charged following a police investigation into claims of fraud by Lakehouse employees relating to fire alarm installations in Hackney.
View ArticleTeen's severed finger lands builder with £10,000 penalty
A Cornish builder has been fined £1,120 and ordered to pay £8,489 in costs after one of his employees had a finger chopped off and others severely damaged by a circular saw.
View ArticleContractor fined £250k for unlicensed asbestos work
Norwich-based Y Construction Ltd has been fined £250,000 for carrying out unlicensed asbestos cleaning work.
View ArticleMark Evill guilty of £700k contract fraud disguised with U2 names
An NHS manager has admitted to setting up a construction firm named after his dog and then awarding it contracts as part of a £700,000 fraud.
View ArticleHS2 'tried to settle legal challenge' with shortlist shake-up
HS2 considered adding a company to its £2.75bn rolling stock shortlist in a bid to resolve a High Court claim, documents from a legal challenge against the client’s procurement processes have alleged.
View ArticlePrison for 83-year-old tax fraud director
An 83-year-old construction director has been jailed after he was found to have stolen almost £650,000 in fraudulent VAT repayments.
View ArticleFake skills cards fraudster jailed for three years
A man who made and sold fake CSCS cards online has been jailed for more than three years.
View ArticleMurder victim on Scotland building site named by police
A site security supervisor has been murdered on a housing development building site in Scotland’s central belt.
View ArticleConstruction fraudster jailed after 12 years on the run
A construction boss convicted of committing £4.2m in tax fraud is behind bars after losing a long-running extradition battle with HMRC.
View ArticleClient fined £1.2m after contractor ruptures gas main
A utilities firm has been fined £1.2m after two employees were injured when a gas main that had been ruptured by a contractor ignited.
View ArticleScaffolder fined after worker crushed by forklift
A Leeds scaffolding firm has been fined £63,000 after a worker was crushed by a forklift truck.
View ArticleDirector fined £30k after roof collapse narrow escape
The director of a Sheffield roofing firm has been fined £30,000 and ordered to pay £7,026.58 in costs for endangering workers after a building partially collapsed during roofing work.
View ArticleOrganised crime 'making £50k-£60k a week' from construction
Construction is increasingly being targeted by human traffickers and organised crime rings because they consider the industry a low-risk target, CITB fraud manager Ian Sidney has said.
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