12 August 2022
We reported recently on the Government’s decision to reject recommendations by a leading Parliamentary committee with regard to setting a deadline to remove all asbestos from public and commercial buildings (see MPs call for more action on asbestos management).
12 August 2022
The first-ever direct container service connecting China and Scotland will be launched later this month in response to growing global pressures on the supply chain.
12 August 2022
New analysis from the Campaign for Better Transport (CBT) has highlighted how the competitive nature of government funding for local transport is disadvantaging rural local authorities and failing rural communities.
12 August 2022
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published an updated edition of its guide, Fire Safety in Construction.
12 August 2022
Seven-year-old Conley Thompson went missing from his home on the morning of 26 July 2015 and was found the next morning by workers at a construction site in Worsborough, South Yorkshire.
12 August 2022
The call for evidence by the Department for Transport (DfT) about changes to the driver licensing rules has been welcomed by Logistics UK, with its Road Freight Regulation Policy Manager, Chris Yarsley, highlighting that its members have reported particular difficulties in recruiting drivers for vehicles up to 7.5t since the requirement for an additional test came into force in 1997.
12 August 2022
With members of the UK Government promising to remove as much retained EU legislation as possible, arguing that this will lift unwanted restrictions on employers and organisations, the European Commission has just reminded the 27 EU Member States that the Directive on transparent and predictable working conditions in the European Union is now in force.
12 August 2022
Proposed changes to the early years funding rates in England are likely to hit areas already struggling with a declining number of childcare places, according to new analysis by the Early Years Alliance.
12 August 2022
New research by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) reveals that one in five key worker households have children living in poverty.
11 August 2022
The Department for Transport (DfT) has issued a call for evidence into a range of options it is considering, “to help more people access well-paid jobs in haulage” as part of its ongoing work to tackle the driver shortage, support new haulage jobs and bolster the UK supply chain.