by Admin | Feb 14, 2023 | News
Plans for new tall residential buildings in London will need to incorporate a second staircase in order to be signed off, the mayor of London has announced according to InsideHousing. An update on the Greater London Authority’s (GLA) planning pages said that planned...
by Admin | Aug 29, 2017 | News, Source Fire News
Cladding on six apartment buildings at a privately-owned site in Cardiff Bay has failed fire safety tests according to BBC.co.uk. Extra precautions are being taken at Prospect Place, following the tests introduced after the Grenfell Tower disaster. Warwick Estates,...
by Admin | Nov 10, 2016 | News, Prosecutions, Source Fire News
A local firm and business director have been prosecuted for failing to provide suitable fire safety arrangements for members of the public at a popular public house in Banbury. Swan Pub Banbury Ltd and its director Mr Alan O’Donovan were together ordered to pay a...
by Admin | Nov 8, 2016 | News, Source Fire News
Two people were rescued by firefighters following a blaze at high-rise flats at Brewery Wharf on the edge of Leeds city centre. Crews from across the county were sent to the fire on the second floor of the Regent Quay flats, in Bowman Lane, at around 1pm yesterday...
by Admin | Mar 30, 2016 | News, Prosecutions, Source Fire News
The operators of a Wearside care home have been left with a £400,000 bill for five breaches of fire safety regulations, uncovered after a blaze in a resident’s bedroom. Shaftesbury Care Group Ltd, which runs Donwell House Care Home in Washington, was fined...
