HSE's cases include a fake Gas Safe logo and an unregistered installer sent by a contracted business. If you subcontract gas work, check the person, not just the advertising.
Individual claims are arriving faster than the tribunals can finish them, and the open caseload is the highest the Ministry of Justice has recorded. If your business has a claim open, budget for a wait. The count cannot tell you how long yours will take.
Councils in England could charge for more functions and recover more of their costs. The plan still needs Parliamentary approval, and the letter sets no start date.
MHCLG has restated the exclusion three weeks before the levy starts. If you build new homes, a private street outside can already mean full plans instead of a notice, and the letter says nothing about who pays.
The maximum fine gets quoted in every article about cameras at work, and it is not going to happen to you. Staff complaints, an order to stop recording and an unpaid ICO fee are the nearer concerns.
When your people work on someone else's site, the principal contractor gets a say before the supplier does. The useful jobs are specific, and permission comes before the kit.
Everyone selling smart glasses shows you the catalogue. Nobody shows you the bill. What a pair actually costs a business with vans on the road, what they fix on the tools, and what they leave exactly as it was.
UK Construction Week London returns 12-14 May 2026 with a first-time CITB collaboration and a dedicated ConTech & AI Stage. Inside the lineup that puts the skills crisis front and centre.
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A 36-month Level 3 apprenticeship dedicated to heat pump and low-carbon heating installation, with a £22,000 funding band per apprentice. The first proper structured route into the renewables workforce.
A comprehensive guide to CITB grants, apprenticeship funding, Innovate UK programmes, and Skills England initiatives available for construction training providers in 2026.
During National Apprenticeship Week 2026, the government unveiled 13,000 apprenticeships and T-level placements across construction, backed by a £20bn School Rebuilding Programme. The biggest skills push in a decade.
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