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Competence Steering Group launches interim report

23 Aug 2019

THE group (CSG) launched a summary and reports from working groups created after the Hackitt Review, which includes ‘sweeping proposals to raise competence and make buildings safer’.

Company fined for student block fire safety deficiencies

23 Aug 2019

ASHGATE PROPERTY Developments Ltd was prosecuted over the block of flats in Sheffield after it was inspected in 2017 by South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service (SYFRS).

Estate agent prosecuted over ‘substandard’ safety

23 Aug 2019

MILLER METCALFE Estate Agents Ltd was prosecuted over a house in multiple occupation (HMO) in Bolton, which had a series of fire safety issues.

Over 150 high rises ‘yet to see’ ACM removal

16 Aug 2019

ACCORDING TO the government’s latest data release, 163 high rise blocks clad with aluminium composite material (ACM) have not seen removal work begin – 26 months after the Grenfell Tower fire.

Grenfell survivors housed in ‘high fire risk’ flats

16 Aug 2019

ACCORDING TO a fire risk assessment (FRA) report commissioned by a resident, the Hortensia Road flats survivors were moved to are subject to a ‘high risk of fire’.

Barking residents ‘told to return’ despite concerns

16 Aug 2019

SOCIAL HOUSING residents of Samuel Garside House have complained that they are ‘being forced back’ into the fire hit property ‘before safety assessments’ and ‘despite safety fears’.

Crewe MP ‘demands answers’ over care home fire

16 Aug 2019

LAURA SMITH said that ‘serious questions need answering’ after the home, which burnt down last weekend, was revealed to have no sprinklers amid other fire safety concerns.

Two year wait for high rise’s fire safety report

16 Aug 2019

RESIDENTS OF Hanover Tower in Sheffield have been waiting two years for a fire safety report to be published by Sheffield City Council.

NFCC responds to appointment of new Fire Minister

13 Aug 2019

THE NATIONAL Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) cited the latest national fire statistics to call on the government to ‘ensure services are properly resourced’.

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