Are your vehicles safe and compliant?
Contractors who consider themselves specialists within the scaffolding industry may have some surprises in store if they find themselves being questioned by either the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) or the police over matters relating to their vehicles and operator’s licence. Transport consultant Andy Miles, from AS Miles Consulting, considers some of the issues scaffolders may face.
Read moreHealth and Safety Fines Double
Employers have been fined £76.7m for health and safety breaches since tougher sanctions were introduced last February. This is a £36.2m increase on the year before. The H&SE collected £61.6m last year, up from £35.5m in 2015, and local authorities took almost £15.2m, up from £800,000 according to International Law firm Clyde and Co, who collated the figures.
Read moreAmicus Opens Northern Regional Office
Amicus has today announced the opening of a Regional Sales Office to cover the North Of England.
Read moreAmicus Launch Fees For HSE Intervention Cover
AMICUS are delighted to announce a new insurance product developed by our friends at Lorega, which we believe is ideally suited to the construction industry.
Read moreInsurance topics: Scaffold Design- Who is responsible?
Our Director, Richard Evans, recently appeared in Access magazine, with some invaluable advice on how scaffolding companies can protect themselves from legal action when making minor on site adjustments to scaffolding design.
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