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17th October 2011

Free Asbestos Awareness Training Courses

The HSE has recently launched a training initiative to promote and provide a number of free asbestos awareness training places. If your employees work on buildings built or refurbished before the year 2000, asbestos could be present. They legally require asbestos awareness training so that they know how to avoid the risks. Asbestos is the […]

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31st January 2011

Halifax Based Property Management Company Receive Fine for Asbestos Exposure

  A Halifax based property management firm has been fined £30,100 after workers were exposed to asbestos. Employees were replacing a roof at a factory building in Halifax when they were exposed to the deadly fibres. It occurred while up to 15 workers were stripping materials from support beams which were found to contain asbestos, […]

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21st October 2010

The Importance of the Asbestos Survey

In recent years the true danger of asbestos has come to light. Since the material was banned in 1999 a great deal of time and money has been spent on raising asbestos awareness and taking measures to ensure the safe handling and treatment of asbestos in both domestic and non-domestic properties. Although asbestos itself might […]

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