HAKI scaffolding earnings fall as UK demand stays weak

Business Alex Mercer -
HAKI Safety reports lower Q3 scaffolding earnings as UK demand stays soft, delayed orders affect sales and Combisafe integration weighs on the group.

Scaffolding boss urges first aid training after saving colleague

UK Daniel Norton -
Ascent Access Scaffolding MD Nathan Huband is calling for more first aid training after using CPR to help save colleague Raj Soni at the firm’s Netherton yard.

Construction retention ban heads for final Lords stage on Tuesday

Business Alex Mercer -
The Commercial Payments Bill reaches its final House of Lords stage on 20 October, advancing plans to ban construction retentions.

MoJ awards £56,000 prison scaffolding training contract

Training & Skills Alex Mercer -
Platinum Rail Services will deliver courses at Holme House and Low Newton, with links to employers offering paid vacancies.
Health & Safety

Belfast scaffolding firm fined after driver killed by falling board

Daniel Norton - 0
HSENI found inadequate exclusion zone controls after Samuel Magill was struck by a falling metal scaffold board during dismantling work in Belfast.
UK

Storm Boelo brings weekend wind warnings to northern UK

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Storm Boelo brings wind warnings for 24–25 October across northern UK, as the Met Office brings forward Storm Austen’s amber warning.

New York installs new sidewalk shed designs as numbers fall

Storm Austen brings amber wind warning for south-west England

Two workers hospitalised after partial collapse at Banbury construction site

Hong Kong fire inquiry delivers report as safety reforms loom