The judicial review sought in R. (on the application of Baci Bedfordshire Ltd) v Environment Agency has been dismissed.
Baci Bedfordshire Ltd, an action gro...
The Responsible Car Wash Scheme is targeting labour abuse and safety breaches, with the aim to protect vulnerable workers in the UK's hand car washes, to help tackle modern slavery and other "...
Figures published by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has shown the proportion of fatal injuries to workers over the age of 60 is the highest it has been in over a deca...
A Liverpool-based waste and recycling company was fined and its Director jailed at the end of October, following the death of a 39 year old worker.
Gaskell's (North West) Limited and its Di...
The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) has responded to the Government's Consultation on permitted development for shale gas exploration. They have responded to the Consultation as an "abuse" to...
Iceland's Christmas advert for television has been banned by Clearcast, the body responsible for vetting adverts before they are broadcast, as there are fears it is too political.
The adver...
New evidence provided in a study carried out by the United Nations called "Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion: 2018" shows that the ozone layer is showing signs of continuing recovery from ma...
By the middle of the century, British summers could be powered entirely by clean energy, without "breaking the energy market", according to a report.
The report aims to answer the burning q...
This week the Independent Review of Build Out: Final Report by Sir Oliver Letwin MP was published. In the draft analysis published in June, Letwin had focused on the issue of the build out rate of...
Virgin Trains have been criticised this month over a health and safety policy which insists hot drinks bought on its trains must be put in a paper bag before passengers can take them back to their...
The non-profit health insurer BHSF Limited submitted the results from its survey this month on 897 UK employees who work at least two days a week from home. The survey found that one in five employ...
This month the Environment Agency published its Regulating for People, the Environment and Growth (RPEG) report. The report sets out the regulatory performance of businesses...
An appeal relating to the proposed development of a three-storey block of flats has been dismissed by an inspector, mainly due to a concern that the flats would not fit in with the surrounding area...
Woodlands Homecare Ltd was sentenced last week for safety breaches after a worker was killed. Leeds Magistrates Court heard how on the 23 July 2012, the worker was pushing a trolley when he was str...
Steve Ogier from Guernsey applied for planning permission to build a single-storey eco-home on a plot of land approximately 150ft by 50ft. He was told that permission would be refused as the l...
