A Conservative peer's family estate has admitted breaching health and safety legislation on their fruit farm after the death of two young workers.
On 18 February Scott Cain, 23, and As...
Hector Maclean, a 25-year-old model and designer, who has designed dresses worn by the Duchess of Cambridge, was severely injured when he fell through a set of lift doors and down the lift shaft, a...
As the pressure mounts on individuals, organisations and countries to cut their carbon contribution, sustainability is becoming a daily conversation.
Talk has moved from the dangers of unsu...
Glaswegian construction company, Morris and Spottiswood Ltd, has been sentenced for "serious safety failings" following the death of 31 year old, Daniel Hurley.
Mr Hurley, originally from I...
In what has proven to be an unusual case, a Dutch court has ruled that the Government in the Netherlands must cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 25% by 2020. Based on current policy, the cour...
Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have proposed a ban on incinerating recyclables and biodegradable waste by 2020.
It falls under their circular economy plan...
Fresh from the success of our Legislation Update Roadshow earlier in the year, Cedrec are delighted to announce we will be hosting a roundtable discussion on the 2015 revision to ISO 14001 in Septe...
A primary school in Plymouth has temporarily stopped its pupils from carrying out "gymnastic activities" such as cartwheels during break times after the children kept hurting themselves.
Pu...
The Government has announced that subsidies for onshore wind farms will stop a year earlier than planned, on 1 April 2016. These subsidies are funded through the Renewables Obligation, which, itsel...
Double yellow lines in Upgate in Louth will have to be repainted after they were found to be too wide and too bright! The street on which the new lines were painted is in a conservation area, and s...
The new Construction (Design and Management) (CDM) Regulations SI 2015/51 came into force on 6 April this year, but their scope still remains unclear.
The Regulation...
Forty one years on from the introduction of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974, the UK has one of the best health and safety records in the world.
That recog...
Love it or loath it, most of our environmental and safety legislation is driven by Europe.
The Conservatives' election manifesto agreed to hold a referendum by the end of 2017 on wheth...
This past weekend (6-7 June) in the UK has seen highly windy conditions, coupled with sunshine, leading to a huge contribution of renewable energy to the energy mix.
At around 2pm on Saturd...
Charles J Marshall (Aberdeen) Limited has been fined £6,600 after pleading guilty to breaching the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations SI 1998/2306 at Aberdeen S...
