FIREQUAL, THE provider of regulated qualifications for the fire safety sector, has announced the addition of two highly respected professionals – namely Dave White and Colin Todd MBE – to its Board. The duo’s collective expertise will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of fire safety training and qualifications. [Read More]

THE BUILDING Safety Alliance, itself a cross-sector collaboration of leading industry figures and various associations and bodies, has published detailed guidance around the golden thread concept. [Read More]

FEARS CONCERNING refuse truck and waste centre fires being caused by disposable vapes have grown as owners are set to discard batteries incorrectly following the ban on such vapes being sold from 1 June. That’s according to new research results published by campaigning charity Electrical Safety First. [Read More]

THE ASSOCIATION for Specialist Fire Protection’s (ASFP) recent London seminar delivered a day of critical insights and practical strategies aimed at strengthening building safety in a post-Grenfell landscape. [Read More]

THE FIRE Brigades Union (FBU) has called on the Labour Government to provide urgent funding for the Fire and Rescue Service, at the same time suggesting that austerity has left the UK “vulnerable to disasters”. [Read More]

APOLLO FIRE Detectors has won the New Build Warehouse of the Year category at the Warehouse Transformation Awards 2025 thanks to the company’s brand new, state-of-the-art Distribution Centre on the South Coast of England. [Read More]

THE GOVERNMENT should introduce an independent national oversight mechanism and not be ‘left to mark its own homework’ when implementing the recommendations of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry Panel. That’s the considered opinion of the cross-party Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee as set out in a letter to Secretary of State Angela Rayner. [Read More]

LIFE SAFETY control systems manufacturer Kentec Electronics has made a key appointment (and is also building out its product portfolio) in order to strengthen its presence and solutions offer in the Chinese market. [Read More]