Peter Clifford was jailed for eight years, Construction Management reports. The excavation ran beside a conservatory on a house extension, with inadequate trench support and the home's foundations close by.
The reported ICOM update runs from initial water analysis to ongoing maintenance on commercial hot water work. HPM says it is free to download, but does not say what changed.
The Trade Remedies Authority has put provisional anti-dumping duties on boom lifts imported from China. If you buy a Chinese machine, the duty lands on your import bill. If you hire from a UK yard, nothing so far shows your rate has moved.
Two men were replacing a leaking gasket when hot water splashed from the steam pipework. Nobody had proved the pipe was isolated, and HSE found failures in the safe system of work, in supervision, and in the work at height above the boiler.
Smith & Nephew took over unloading from Nippon Express to cut numbers on site during COVID-19. A delivery worker suffered life-changing injuries. HSE found the lift was not properly assessed, planned or supervised.
AI can turn a house scan into a heat pump design and help code sewer footage. Further down the trades, the offering gets thin. The price often tells you less than the allowance beside it.
Paying subcontractors puts the CIS deduction, return and paper trail on your business. That applies to your subcontractor payments even on a job in someone's kitchen, and even when another contractor is making deductions from your own invoices.
Construction payments or CIS credits linked to a connected party's deliberate non-compliance can expose your business to a penalty if you knew or should have known of the link and HMRC has issued the relevant determination. Company officers can also be personally liable.
Registered installers can certify their own work. You still have an extension to manage, inspections to arrange and a declaration to sign. These are England's rules.
If you carry out external wall fire appraisals, or act on them, BSI has listed a publication date for the revised code. The same page labels it 'Current' and offers a download, so the release is not as settled as the date suggests.
You can buy glasses with a built-in camera. Whether they can replace your existing PPE is a separate question, and some manufacturers' own pages leave it open.
Acas says prepare now for a stronger sexual harassment prevention duty and a separate change covering harassment by customers and other third parties. Both changes are announced for 30 October 2026.
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