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Roofers Consumer Protection The Consumer Protection Association (CPA) has recently reported that record-breaking numbers of roofers have expressed an interest in their services during the last quarter. The CPA provide membership and support to professionals in the construction industry, and has been valued for more than 22 years. The director at the CPA, Mr Jeremy Brett, thinks he knows why this

The construction industry has long been aware that the shortage of skilled workers will cause problems in the sector, and this issue has already begun to raise its head as firms across the UK reveal that they are turning down work due to a lack of trained personnel. In a bid to continue to tackle the increasing problem, the government have

Failing to provide adequate safety measures exposes staff to risksA HSE inspector visited the site on 11 July 2013 and discovered four workers replacing the roof of a house in Stanmore using only ladders for access and no scaffolding was in place. No workers were injured, but the HSE prosecuted Mr Rajveer Goraya of Taj Construction Roofing for failing

New Threats to UK Green Belt Many areas of the UK remain under threat, including County Durham, Coventry, Oxfordshire and London, where planned developments have almost tripled in the last three years. As firm advocates of a green UK and with our specialist green roofing division, we are saddened by the news. In the construction industry, we are all aware of

Many roofing contractors still fail in this respect and end up paying the price. Our failures sometimes mean that our employees pay an even higher price, as was the case last year for a Kettering-based company. Today magistrates in Northampton heard that 46-year old roofer, Mark Cooper died when control measures, such as fall protection, edge protection and safe access and

WAH Safety Regs Reminders It is another harsh reminder that we need, particularly now the light is failing us during the working day. The 27-year old Yorkshire labourer fell almost seven metres from a barn roof during installation of 56 solar panels, it was heard. Following rain, he slipped over the edge of the sheet metal roof as