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2025
HSE has announced that a team of 12 inspectors will…
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A manufacturing company has been prosecuted and fined after a…
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A waste management company has been convicted of a serious…
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A construction company has been fined £1 million after one…
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The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published a press…
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A manufacturing company has been prosecuted and fined £240,00 after…
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An industrial services company has been convicted of breaching its…
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A railway operator pleaded guilty to s.3(1) of the Health…
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A waste and recycling company has been fined £160,000 after…
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PackUK, the scheme administrator for the Extended Producer Responsibility for…
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A transport operator of public service vehicles (PSVs) has been…
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HSE announced the launch of two calls for evidence (CfE)…
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A company has been convicted of breaching Regulation 5(1) of…
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On 14 February 2024 and 20 March 2024, Knowsley Council’s…
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The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) recently announced that it…
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HSE have successfully prosecuted two companies after they repeatedly breached…
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Businesses considered large producers under the Extended Producer Responsibility for…
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On 1 September 2025, the new corporate criminal offence of…
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The Food Standards Agency’s National Food Crime Unit and Southwark…
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On 1 September 2025, the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency…
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A chemical company pleaded guilty to breaching s.2(1) Health and…
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HSE has opened a six-month consultation seeking views from stakeholders…
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Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) published its new strategy…
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The HSE (Health and Safety Executive) has prosecuted steel manufacturer…
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The Environment Agency has prosecuted a water company after one…
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The Food Standards Agency’s National Food Crime Unit and Southwark…
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HSE held their AGM on 29 July 2025 which was…
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The Environment Agency prosecuted East Midlands Airport for breaching their…
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Following Royal Assent to the Product Safety and Metrology Act,…
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The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (Amendment, etc.) Regulations 2025…
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The Product Regulation and Metrology Act 2025 will give the…
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A report by Sir Jon Cunliffe has published its final…
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Trading Standards prosecuted Asda after a total of 42 food…
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The proposed legislation would introduce additional safeguards and practical steps…
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Find out more in our latest article… Fire safety regulations…
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A distribution company was convicted of overloading and defective vehicle…
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The HSE has published its annual fatality statistics for 2024/25.…
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A chemical manufacturer was convicted of Regulations 5(1), 6(1), 7(1)…
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Sentencing Council published the response to a public consultation and…
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British Airways has been fined £3.2million after two employees suffered…
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The owner and director of a paddleboard company has been…
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A local council has been fined £6million for safety failures…
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A chemical company has been fined £2.5 million after entering…
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The Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025 received Royal Assent…
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Businesses with over 10 full-time employees must comply and present…
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HM Treasury published a policy paper setting out the approach…
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It is expected that by April 2027, premises will be…
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