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New Toolbox Talks from the AIF provide up-to-date work at height guidance

The Access Industry Forum (AIF), as part of its commitment to ensuring safe work at height, has released five new videos for the popular...

Scaffolding Alarms Provider Wins NSI Gold Medal

Panthera Group Ltd, specialists in the provision of scaffolding alarms and site security, were presented today with an NSI Gold medal from the Inspectorate’s...

UPDATE: Buckinghamshire Scaffolding Will Be Featured On The BBC One Show

After some initial confusion about who was being featured on the BBC One Show on Monday 4 March, I can now confirm after personally talking to the...

Scaffolder Airlifted After Factory Roof Fall

A scaffolder has been airlifted to hospital after falling through a roof of a factory in Dalston, Cumbria. On Friday 22 February, Emergency services were called at...

£21M Pay Out After Birdcage Scaffolding Deemed The Cause Of Massive Fire

A roofing contractor has been ordered to pay more than £21 million in damages after a flick of a switch caused a catastrophic fire...

Google Street View Catches Scaffolders Working Unsafe

This damming image from Google street view shows scaffolders working unsafely while erecting a job in North Ferriby, East Riding of Yorkshire . The link to the image...

HSE launches month-long national safety clampdown

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have today released details of a month-long safety clampdown on construction sites across the United Kingdom. The purge on...

SCP launches new range of Galv-Span steel ladders

Scaffold & Construction Products (SCP), the Midlands based supplier of Scaffolding, Access & Building equipment who are owned by the Alumasc Group PLC are proud...

London scaffolding firm goes under

One of London and the south east’s big independent scaffolding contractors Deverson Direct has been placed in administration. The Canterbury-based firm worked on major projects...

VOSA lifts suspension on firms unsafe scaffolding vehicles

A scaffolding firm based in Rothwell has been given permission to run its fleet of vehicles again by VOSA after a hearing. The original order...

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