Companies are still putting their workers lives in danger by not doing proper risk assessments when it comes to doing work on older properties. Whether it be through construction or demolition, asbestos has to be one of the main factors for a risk assessment. This hidden killer was used extensively during the 1950s till the [...]

In today’s society we tend to attempt much of our home improvements ourselves, but there is a silent killer waiting to be released in many of our older properties. 20 tradesman, 6 electricians, 6 joiners and 3 plumbers die every week in the UK due to asbestos and asbestos related diseases, this makes it the [...]

Asbestosis is a cancer that is responsible for around 4000 deaths a year in the UK, that’s a higher figure than many fatal road accidents. A scary figure indeed! Especially, when we consider that up until a few decades ago, no-one really knew much about Asbestos. It was a common material used frequently and millions [...]