The Asbestos Group have once again been successful in achieving Safecontractor accreditation! Safecontractor is a leading health and safety assesment scheme that is recognised all over the UK. More than ever, there is a need to determine how seriously your external contractors and service providers take health and safety and to professionally asses the suitability.. read more →

We are please to announce that another two of our lead surveyors have now successfully gained there CSCS Cards. Well Done! read more →

The HSE’s ‘Beware Asbestos’ safety campaign received a gold award at this year’s Institute of Promotional Marketing (IPM) Awards. HSE and creative communications agency, 23Red ( who worked with the HSE to design the safety kits and develop a partnership marketing arrangement), collected the award for ‘Best use of innovation in a business-to-business campaign using.. read more →

Headteacher Eugene Symonds is looking at a sign in one of his school’s temorary classrooms. “Warning: Encapsulated Asbestos. Do not cut or make fixings without proper authority and precautions,” it says. Pupils at this primary school in Oxfordshire use this area every day as a cloakroom. Symonds is trying to look on the bright side… read more →

An outdoor swimming pool in Essex has become contaminated with asbestos and its opening this season may be delayed while cleaning is carried out. The Health and Safecty Executive is to investigate how asbestos settled at the bottom of the pool. It is believed to have come through water circulation pipework which may have been.. read more →