THE HEALTH and Safety Executive (HSE) has announced the appointment of a Chief Inspector of Buildings to establish and lead the new Building Safety Regulator. Presently the HSE’s director of building safety and construction, Peter Baker will take up the post with immediate effect. [Read More]

COMPANIES ARE being asked to take part in the biggest-ever review of construction’s growing professional indemnity (PI) insurance crisis. The review process has been orchestrated by the Construction Leadership Council. [Read More]

UPON BAFE's acquisition of the Fire Industry Association’s Awarding Organisation last year, FireQual was established and has been diligently working on developing this platform to offer qualifications for individuals working in the fire safety industry. FireQual is pleased to announce that approval has now been achieved from regulatory bodies in both Northern Ireland (ie the Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment) and Scotland (ie the Scottish Qualifications Authority) for the organisation to offer qualifications covering fire safety with the initial offer concentrating on fire detection and alarm systems work. [Read More]

THE FIRE Industry Association (FIA) has launched a short survey designed to show the Government the true impact of UK Conformity Assessed (UKCA) marking and shine a light on how many products need to be re-certified in tandem with outlining the number of products that have already been put through this process. [Read More]

UPWARDS OF 27,000 vaccinations have been given to the public by Fire and Rescue Service staff following a drive to assist with the national programme. This equates to firefighters and other Fire and Rescue Service staff administering approximately one in every 600 immunisations out of the 16.5 million given to date. [Read More]

FIRE PROTECTION solutions company Advanced has appointed Amanda Hope in the new role of UK fire business development manager with a view towards driving the company’s growth strategy in key sectors. [Read More]

THE COVID-19 pandemic, increased geopolitical risk and Brexit are just some of the areas that have been highlighted by the Institute of Risk Management (IRM) asking senior members from its Special Interest Groups about their views on the outlook for the risk management landscape in 2021. [Read More]

SAMUEL CHIMIZE Ugorji was caught trying to work illegally as a security operative after a Cheltenham security business spotted that his documents were fake. Gloucester-based Ugorji was prosecuted on Wednesday 10 February at Gloucestershire Magistrates’ Court on two counts of fraud and one count of infringement of the Private Security Industry Act 2001. The prosecution was brought by the Security Industry Authority (SIA). [Read More]