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A builder has been fined after admitting he dumped asbestos in a public car park. Ashley Ciminera had been replacing the roof of Harvst at Teifi Warehouse in Cardigan, Wales, in June 2023 when the material was discarded. “He dumped fragmented and broken corrugated asbestos roofing sheets into a car park that had open public

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A builder has been sentenced to perform community service after pleading guilty to carrying out unlicensed asbestos removal work during a house renovation. Despite being warned by the customer that asbestos was potentially present in the fascia boards, builder Gavin Mutch proceeded to remove the asbestos-containing materials, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) said. The

Artist's impression of Merit's factory expansion Offsite specialist Merit Holdings has insisted its future is “tremendously exciting” despite a huge drop in pre-tax profit in its latest full-year results. Pre-tax profit at the Northumberland-based firm plunged by 72 per cent from £8.4m to £2.3m in the 12 months to 30 June 2024. Its turnover fell

A startup called Graze, which lets you build your own feeds for the Bluesky social network, has caught investors’ attention. In addition to offering tools to easily build, customize, publish, and manage Bluesky feeds, Graze will soon allow feed creators to monetize their efforts with advertising, sponsored posts, and subscriptions. In other words, Graze has

The site of the accident A London-based subcontractor has been fined £175,000 after a worker’s serious head injuries saw him hospitalised for seven months. The accident took place in March 2019 during concrete-pumping work at a domestic property in north London carried out by Singh Will Mix It. A concrete-pump operator, who was not qualified

A Scottish firm building luxury modular huts has been bought two months after entering administration. Armadilla Limited, based in Bonnyrigg near Edinburgh, was sold to Hoffbauer Holding Limited on 23 February. The administrators have not stated an amount for the deal, which includes all of the business’s assets, including the Armadilla name, design rights and

A Sunderland contractor is taking over Tolent’s Teesside operations, re-employing up to 150 former Tolent staff. Brims Construction could see its headcount more than double after agreeing to take over projects with Tolent’s Teesside clients. Tolent was a Gateshead-based contractor that had an annual turnover of £200m before collapsing last week. Brims, a 16-year-old company