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University of Lincoln Fails to Manage or Remove Asbestos
The University of Lincoln has been hit with a £10,000 fine after admitting that they had left staff & students at risk to the exposure of asbestos. More
Updated: 17/11/2011
Asbestos Removal Operatives Work On Police Station's Yard
Specialist asbestos removal contractors have been brought in to remove asbestos roof sheets at a police holding yard in Wickham. More
Updated: 14/11/2011
Thieves Stealing Steel End Up Contaminated by Asbestos
Scrap metal thieves who attempted to steal steel from the structure of a farm yard barn ended up contaminated by asbestos after they disturbed the ACM roof. More
Updated: 04/11/2011
Mersey Fire and Rescue Teams Decontaminated AftterTackling Fire Containing Asbestos
Mersey Fire & Rescue Services were called out to Central Grange Environmental Recycling on Merton Bank Road in the early hours of Sunday morning as more than 20 fire fighters fought to bring a blaze under control. More
Updated: 02/11/2011
Construction and Refurbishment Companies Warned about Asbestos
Construction and refurbishment companies have been warned by the HSE that they must put the correct policies and procedures in place to ensure that workers aren’t exposed to asbestos. More
Updated: 01/11/2011
Tenant Livid That Asbestos Has Been Left In His Garden For 2 Weeks
A tenant living in Uxbridge is disgusted that his landlord has left asbestos in his garden for over 2 weeks. More
Updated: 31/10/2011
Asbestos in Soil at Bristol Cemetery Causes Uproar
Parents are angry that Bristol Council haven’t informed them of asbestos, which has been identified in the soil at the Babies Garden at South Bristol Crematorium and Cemetery. More
Updated: 28/10/2011
Firemen exposed to asbestos after a potential arson attack
Police believe that a fire in Castle Cottage in Plymton, Plymouth, which exposed 10 firemen to asbestos, was started intentionally. More
Updated: 25/10/2011
SEPA want information on fly-tipping of asbestos waste in Perthshire
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency, SEPA, are appealing for information on fly-tippers who have dumped waste including asbestos sheets More
Updated: 24/10/2011
Private Schools Asked To Raise Awareness On How To Manage Asbestos
The HSE are trying to raise awareness on the legal responsibilities of private schools with regards to asbestos, asbestos removal and asbestos management. More
Updated: 19/10/2011
Fly Tippers Put Public At Risk By Dumping Asbestos
Fly tippers have put the public at risk after dumping brown asbestos on Jane Street, Willowholme. It has been reported that a former Carlisle City councillor spotted the pile of rubble on Friday 7th October and immediately contacted Castle ward councillor Willie Whelan to inform him. More
Updated: 17/10/2011
Fire At A Derelict Factory In The Rhondda Valley Area Raises Concerns Due To Asbestos
South Wales fire fighters have raised concerns over asbestos after a former paper and card factory on the Penygraig industrial estate in Rhondda caught fire. More
Updated: 17/10/2011
Council Unhappy with Asbestos and Nuclear Dumping Ground
Cumbria County Council is once again up in arms over the decision by the Environmental Agency to allow asbestos and low level radio-active waste to be dumped in their county. More
Updated: 14/10/2011
Fire Crews Called to Shed Blaze with Asbestos Roof
Lancaster, Morecambe, Carnforth and Bolton-le-Sands fire crews were called to a blaze at a large industrial shed with an asbestos roof yesterday. A 50m area was cordoned off due to fears about the asbestos and because of gas cylinders which were inside the shed. More
Updated: 13/10/2011
Asbestos fly-tipper forced to pay £7,000 fine
A landlord has been fined by Harrow council after the 2 men he hired to remove asbestos were caught by CCTV dumping the asbestos behind homes in Alexandra Avenue. More
Updated: 12/10/2011
Asbestos fly-tippers face prison sentence
East Devon District Council have warned fly-tippers, who illegally dumped a large amount of asbestos in a quiet beauty spot in Sidmouth, that if they’re caught, they will face a fine of up to £50,000 and could also be looking at a custodial sentence. More
Updated: 11/10/2011
Asbestos removal job required for Laindon community hall
The £25,000 refurbishment of Laindon community hall has been delayed, with the new completion date now being unclear, after asbestos has been found by the contractor. More
Updated: 10/10/2011
Council to be investigated after complaint about asbestos removal at Fulham library
The Health & Safety Executive prosecutions team is currently investigating allegations that Hammersmith & Fulham council employed unlicensed workmen to remove asbestos, which could’ve left the public exposed to asbestos. More
Updated: 05/10/2011
Asbestos concerns unfounded
After a break in and asbestos scare, All Saints’ Church in Peppard has reopened. It was feared that asbestos may have been disturbed in the church last week after raiders broke in to steal from the two safes in the building. The church was then shut whilst the investigation took place. More
Updated: 04/10/2011
Camden Council refuse permission to bury asbestos under 50cm of soil
Camden Council has refused Harrington Estates permission to bury soil contaminated with asbestos. The developer requested permission to build an asbestos encapsulation cell, made with a geo-textile barrier, to bury the contaminated material under 50 cm of top soil. More
Updated: 03/10/2011
Monks successfully sue after asbestos removal job
Monks have successfully sued a heating firm for £35,000 after workers who were installing a new heating system failed to notice an asbestos warning in the monk’s toilet. More
Updated: 30/09/2011
Agency Workers Regulations – 2 days to go
The Agency Workers Regulations (AWR) will be implemented in the UK on 1st October 2011.
The purpose of the regulations is to provide temporary workers with equal treatment in terms of basic working and employment conditions as if they had been directly employed to do the same job. MoreUpdated: 29/09/2011
Asbestos Has Now Been Removed From Northolt High School
Northolt High School’s headmaster, Chris Modi, has announced that all traces of asbestos at the school have now been completely removed. More
Updated: 29/09/2011
Young family forced out of home after asbestos find
A family have been forced to move out of their home in South Shields after their landlords, Places for People confirmed that asbestos has been found in the flat above their home. The asbestos was found after an original complaint from the family about dampness on July 22nd. More
Updated: 28/09/2011
Council Concerned about Asbestos Rubble
East Staffordshire Borough Council has warned the public to keep away from the former Belvedere Park Club site in Burton amid concerns that the rubble left after the demolition of the building contains asbestos. More
Updated: 27/09/2011
Inverness Royal Academy reopens after asbestos scare
Inverness Royal Academy, which was temporarily closed at lunchtime on Friday after concerns were raised about a water leak in a building which contains asbestos, has reopened. More
Updated: 26/09/2011
Inverness Royal Acedemy shuts because of asbestos
A water leak at Inverness Royal Academy has closed the school due to concerns about asbestos where the water is leaking from. More
Updated: 26/09/2011
New regulations governing ALL agency workers come into force on 1st October 2011 - make sure you are compliant
New legislation comes into force on Saturday 1st October 2011 to protect agency workers and ensure they receive 'equal treatment' as if they had been 'directly employed' by the hiring client to do the same job. More
Updated: 22/09/2011
Tradeslink Asbestos Services Ltd awarded new 3 year licence by HSE.
Following a scheduled licence re-assessment meeting with the Health and Safety Executive, Tradeslink is proud to announce that the company has been awarded with another 3 year licence for the supply of asbestos removal labour; licence number 011104534. More
Updated: 21/09/2011
Peterborough Fly-Tipper Dumps Asbestos
Peterborough City Council are hunting for a fly-tipper who has dumped a pile of rubbish, which is believed to contain asbestos. More
Updated: 21/09/2011
Asbestos Fibres Are Too Much For Cells to Swallow
Latest research by scientists is trying to understand why cells try to ingest asbestos fibres and similar materials at the nanoscale. More
Updated: 20/09/2011
Asbestos Needs Removing Before Demolition Can Begin
The iconic Campbell’s Tower, one of Lynn’s most well known landmarks, is doe to be demolished sometime in November after the English Heritage and Secretary of State for Culture refused to grant it listed status. More
Updated: 19/09/2011
Asbestos Removal Costs Force Enfield Council To Consider Moving To New Offices
Enfield Council leaders are drawing up options on the future of their civic centre as they are set to consider a move away from its headquarters as they look to avoid escalating costs for the removal of asbestos. More
Updated: 16/09/2011
Somerset Planners Approve Asbestos Dumping Near Chew Valley Lake
Bath & North East Somerset Council’s planning committee have cause uproar having approved the proposals which will see up to 645,000 tonnes of asbestos dumped at Stowey Quarry near Bishop Stutton. More
Updated: 15/09/2011
Durham Council - Asbestos find poses 'no risk'
Durham County Council bosses have stated that there is ‘no current risk’ to children or staff after asbestos was found during a refurbishment project at Langley Moor Primary School, in Langley Moor, near Durham More
Updated: 14/09/2011
Asbestos Specialist keeps on winning
Silverdell are continuing on with their expansion plans after winning a number of new contracts. Siverdell has now been appointed by Cambridge County Council on a framework to carry out asbestos abatement, consultancy and removal projects in schools and other public sector buildings. More
Updated: 09/09/2011
Unlicensed Recruitment Agencies Operating Within The Asbestos Removal Industry
The following article was written by Tradeslink and recently appeared in a leading industry journal. More
Updated: 07/09/2011
Asbestos Removal at a Wrexham College
Asbestos has been found at Yale College’s Bersham Road site in Wrexham forcing the college to close a block. College bosses have stated that although some students will now face a delay to the start of their new term, the majority of students won’t be affected. More
Updated: 07/09/2011
Villagers can now breathe a sigh of relief
The residents of Stoke Goldington near Milton Keynes can now breathe a sigh of relief after being advised that they can now open their doors and windows following a fire at a local barn. More
Updated: 06/09/2011
Villagers told to close windows after asbestos fire
Asbestos fire causes concern for villagers More
Updated: 02/09/2011
More asbestos found at college
The last phase of demolition at Tresham College has been delayed a further 2 weeks after more asbestos was found than expected. More
Updated: 01/09/2011
Asbestos discovery pushes back reopening date at Moseley Road Baths to New Year
Following the discovery of asbestos in the basement area of Moseley Road Swimming Baths in Balsall Heath, the reopening of the historic city baths has suffered another setback. More
Updated: 30/08/2011
Asbestos Removal Tender for Circle Housing Group
We are currently in the process of putting together our tender documentation for the provision of Asbestos Consultancy/Survey Works and would like to take this opportunity to engage with the market place to capture your expertise, knowledge and advise in respect of these works. In this regard, we would invite you to complete our Request for Information document (available upon request, see contact point for details). More
Updated: 26/08/2011
Kent Fire & Rescue warn about asbestos after Isle of Grain fire
Kent Fire and Rescue Services have warned the public to keep away from the site of a barn fire on West Lane on the Isle of Grain after about 20 fire fighters fought a blaze on Wednesday evening. More
Updated: 25/08/2011
50 asbestos bags dumped on Gelligaer common
Asbestos needs to be removed as more than 50 asbestos bags dumped on Gelligaer common More
Updated: 23/08/2011
Asbestos causes Welland Park Bowling Club to close
Harborough District Council shut down bowling club due to asbestos More
Updated: 22/08/2011
Telford councillors approve £4.6 million spend on schools for 2011/12
£120,000 set aside for asbestos removal More
Updated: 09/08/2011
Alfreton Park school to reopen after asbestos find
Alfreton Park Community Special School reopens today after pupils were sent home on Friday after ceiling tiles came loose, leaving asbestos exposed. More
Updated: 13/07/2011
JUAC request improvement of Asbestos Management in schools
The Joint Union Asbestos Campaign (JUAC) has requested that the government improves its safety standards by placing a requirement on local authorities to give parents and school workers an annual report of the asbestos risk in schools. More
Updated: 04/07/2011
Eastlands BMX Arena £1.3 million over budget
The new BMX Arena, due to open at Sportcity Manchester next month, is over budget, meaning that the total cost of the project is now more than £25m, with Manchester council’s contribution now standing at almost £10m More
Updated: 01/07/2011
Torquay United’s new stand edges closer despite asbestos fears
Torquay United have announced that their new grandstand will be open in January, a month ahead of schedule. More
Updated: 29/06/2011
Asbestos discovery set to close police station
Basingstoke police station is set to close for more than a year after asbestos was found. This will be the second time in little over a decade that the police station will be closed to remove asbestos, having spent £3.5 million on a building project in 1998. More
Updated: 29/06/2011
Asbestos found at new Cancer Unit at St George's Hospital
Hospital bosses at St Georges Hospital in Tooting are certain that the development of a new Cancer Unit will not be delayed after asbestos was discovered on the site. More
Updated: 22/06/2011
Asbestos Removal Contract Up For Grabs At The Tate Britain
The world renowned Tate Britain Museum is looking for contractors to carry out asbestos removal work at its Millbank site on the river. More
Updated: 17/06/2011
Tradeslink Group awarded ISO 9001.
The Tradeslink Group is proud to announce that its trading companies, Tradeslink Construction Services Ltd and Tradeslink Asbestos Services Ltd, have both recently been awarded with the ISO 9001 standard; the internationally recognised standard for quality management of business. More
Updated: 16/06/2011
York City Council criticised for not removing asbestos quickly enough
The City of York Council has been criticised for not responding to asbestos in a tenants property quickly enough. The tenant of Gascoigne Walk said that the authority had been aware of asbestos falling from communal areas in his and other buildings, but the asbestos is yet to be removed. More
Updated: 16/06/2011
Workers drop asbestos 120ft onto nursery children during botched demolition of Red Road flats
After workmen had dropped a window from the 9th floor of a condemned tower block, Red Road flats in Glasgow, you’d think that health and safety would be tightened up onsite.
However, just days later, the workers dropped asbestos from the 12th floor onto the grounds of a nursery school as the children played outside. MoreUpdated: 16/06/2011
Panic at school after asbestos scare
More than 200 Stantonbury students had their mathematics GSCE exam delayed by over an hour after an asbestos contamination scare. More
Updated: 16/06/2011
EU Request UK to bring the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006 into line with EU Law
On the 16th of February 2011 the European Commission issued a press release stating that they had asked the UK to change provisions that exempt some maintenance and repair activities from the application of the EU directive1 on protection of workers from asbestos. This decision was taken as a result of a complaint made by the Asbestos Removal Contractors Association (ARCA) in 2006 to the Secretary General of the European Commission, regarding the transposition of certain Articles of The Asbestos Workers Protection Directive2 into UK law. More
Updated: 05/05/2011
Tradeslink celebrates 10 years in business!
Tradeslink Asbestos Services is proud to be celebrating 10 years of supplying asbestos labour. More
Updated: 29/10/2009
Tradeslink - winners of the ARCA Gold Training Award for 2009
Tradeslink is delighted to win the ARCA Gold Training Award for 2009. More
Updated: 09/10/2009
