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Friday, October 31, 2025

Scaffmag’s Top 10 News Stories of 2024

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As 2024 draws to a close and we prepare for the festive Christmas break, we take a moment to reflect on the highlights that captured your interest over the past year.

This year has been another eventful one for both the scaffolding industry and Scaffmag. Our website welcomed over 345,000 visitors from around the world, generating a massive 856,000+ page views across our diverse range of industry news and features.

As we step into 2025, we’re excited to continue delivering the latest trade news, insights, and developments, keeping you connected to everything happening in the industry. Whether you’re catching up on your desktop, tablet, or mobile, or diving into our quarterly magazine, we’re here to keep you informed every step of the way.

Over the holiday season, we’ll keep you updated with any major breaking news, and our full news coverage will resume on 6 January 2025.

Scaffmag wishes you a very Merry Christmas

We want to take this opportunity to wish all our valued readers, subscribers, and the many thousands of social media followers worldwide a very safe and merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

 

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Fatal Scaffolding Fall Leads to Hefty Fine for Firm

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Swiss Scaffolding Collapse Kills Three

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Scaffolder and Employer Fined £20K for Not Wearing Harness

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London and Bristol Scaffolding Firms Plunge into Administration

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Yorkshire Scaffolding Company’s Assets Up for Grabs Post-Liquidation

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Scaffolders Ranked in UK’s Top 3 Highest Earners

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NASC Releases Technical Update on Scaffold Baseplates

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CSCS Reduces Labourer Card Validity to Two Years in Major Shake-Up

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Tonnes of Scaffolding Up for Auction Following Company Collapse

 

 

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