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Need an asbestos survey for a flat you are selling?
Few flat owners are aware that there is a requirement to carry out an asbestos survey of any communal areas. The communal areas are any shared spaces within [..]
Claire’s withdraw 3 products following asbestos scare
High street chain Claire’s has removed three make-up products from its shelves after a warning they could be contaminated with asbestos fibres. Officials in the US said samples [..]
Manufacturing firm fined for poor asbestos management
A Newcastle based Manufacturing company fined for failure to introduce an adequate asbestos management plan. The HSE found that the company failed to protect employee’s from the risk [..]
Hatch Consultancy celebrates 2nd year in the South West
Hatch Consultancy, a specialist asbestos management consultancy providing asbestos testing, asbestos surveys and asbestos consultancy services throughout Devon, Cornwall, Somerset and Dorset are celebrating the end of their second [..]
How to select an asbestos surveyor?
If you require an asbestos survey for management or refurbishment and demolition purposes then it is important to ensure that you at appoint a company or surveyor that [..]
Can I identify if a product contains asbestos? (Part 1)
Asbestos has been added to a huge variety of products and whilst certain factors will help indicate if the product contains asbestos the only way to be sure [..]
Family’s devastation at Devonport Dockyard worker’s asbestos death – aged just 44
By Plymouth Herald THE family of a tragic Devonport Dockyard worker have spoken of their devastation at losing him to asbestos-related disease. But at the age of just [..]
Housing Trust and two lift companies fined for asbestos failings.
Yet another story of incompetence – this time the culprits are a housing trust and two lift companies. The combined failures of all three parties led to the [..]
Burglars steal NPUs from a building site in Southampton!
For the full story please follow this link: http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/10966163.Health_alert_after_burglars_steal_deadly_asbestos_by_mistake/ The thief’s either knew what they were taking or couldn’t read as the units were clearly marked with ‘Caution [..]
L143 – Revised ACOP issued
Two ACOPs, L127 (The management of asbestos in non-domestic premises) and L143 (Work with materials containing asbestos) have been consolidated into this single revised ACOP (L143 Second Edition). [..]
