Conex Bänninger launches certified installer scheme

Conex Bänninger has increased its support for plumbing and heating installers by introducing a certified installer scheme.

Landlord gets suspended jail term over gas safety failings

Duran Akbulut failed to have a gas boiler checked by a qualified engineer and obtain the necessary safety certificate.

CIPHE shares public safety concerns

CIPHE's CEO has highlighted the significant risk to public health and the cost to the NHS

Automotive components company fined after worker injured

Employee suffered crash injuries after entering a guarded area of a machine

Ideal Heating wins RoSPA Gold award

Ideal Heating has received the RoSPA Gold Award, after entering for the first time this year

Precautionary advice for emergency domestic work

A new animation offers guidance to contractors and customers during emergency domestic work.

Torquay landlord pleads guilty to a breach of gas safety

Mr Marshall ignored repeated requests to carry out checks and to provide a copy of the safety record, say the Health and Safety Executive

Torbay plumber escapes jail despite illegal gas work

Mark Evans gets suspended sentence after leaving a boiler in a “potentially dangerous state”

Government needs support of construction industry, stresses BMF

Construction work must continue to follow coronavirus guidelines so essential work can be completed safely, the Builders Merchants Federation (BMF) has underlined.

Elderly tenant put at risk from dangerous gas heater

Gloucester firm fined £15,000 after refurbished home put pensioner at risk from carbon monoxide poisoning.