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Health and safety fines rise following new guideline

Fines for large organisations sentenced for health and safety offences have increased following the introduction of new sentencing guidelines, according to analysis published by the Sentencing Council.

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Survey shows scale of UK procurement fraud

Procurement fraud is widespread in the UK and businesses are struggling to tackle the problem using out-dated manual controls and rules based software detection, new research from analytics firm SAS indicates.

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Roll out of new pre-qualification system begins

Launch of the first phase of a new pre-qualification (PQ) system for construction sector procurements has been announced by trade bodies Build UK and the Civil Engineering Contractors Association.

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Call for major review of public procurement

Government should conduct a large scale and comprehensive review of public procurement following recent outsourcing failures according to independent think tank Reform.

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Mabey blows whistle on groundworks cartel

The Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) is investigating three major suppliers of groundworks products to the construction industry after one of the firms blew the whistle over cartel activity.

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Initiatives launched to tackle slavery in supply chains

A new tool to help prevent modern slavery in public sector supply chains has been launched by the Home Office alongside an online training course on ethical procurement.

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Currency fluctuation risk explored in new issue

Managing the impact of currency fluctuation on the construction sector is considered crucial by Construction Law guest editor Chris Philpot of HFW in the latest issue of the magazine, published this week.

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Treasury consults on private infrastructure investment

Government is seeking responses to a consultation on its approach to supporting private investment in infrastructure ahead of the UK’s likely exit from the European Investment Bank.

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Outsourcing reform urged after Interserve failure

Specialist contractors are calling for an end to the policy of letting high value contracts to outsourcers after the collapse of construction company Interserve in March.

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Firm lands large fine after fatal wall collapse

Construction firm Capstone Building has been fined £900,000 after the death of an employee who suffered head injuries when a wall collapsed on a site at Lyme Regis.

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