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Advice published on new payment reporting regulations

Guidance to help large businesses report on how quickly they pay their suppliers, which will soon become a mandatory requirement, has been published by the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy.

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New guidelines spark rise in health and safety fines

Instances of fines costing £1M or more being handed to businesses over health and safety accidents and near misses increased six-fold in 2016 following the introduction of new sentencing guidelines a year ago.

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Action urged to tackle worsening global corruption

Systemic corruption is on the rise around the world and urgent action is needed according to Transparency International, which has published its Corruption Perceptions Index 2016.

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News in Brief: 10 February 2017

A Manchester building contractor has been jailed following the death of a 45 year old labourer who fell almost 7m through a fragile warehouse roof in November 2013. Saleem Hussain had employed two labourers to carry out repair and maintenance work on the roof at Witney Mill, Manchester Crown Court heard.

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News in Brief: February 2017

Professional services company Hill International has entered into an agreement to sell its construction claims business to European investment firm Bridgepoint Development Capital.

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HSE makes £6M loss on Fee for Intervention scheme

Revenue recovered from the Health and Safety Executive’s Fee for Intervention (FFI) scheme are falling far short of forecasts, resulting in a loss of £6M last year according to new research.

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Report highlights global procurement challenges

Public procurement rules and practices remain inefficient across large swathes of the world to the detriment of smaller firms, according to a new report from the World Bank Group.

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New features in Construction Law for 2017

Construction Law will start the year in its January/February issue with a new feature of nuts and bolts guides to key legal topics from DLA Piper, kicking off with a guide to selecting the appropriate Joint Contracts Tribunal contract for your project.

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SSE loses £130M hydroelectric scheme claim

Hochtief has avoided a £130M bill after Scottish & Southern Electricity (SSE) lost its legal claim against the contractor over a major tunnel collapse at the Glendoe Hydroelectric scheme near Loch Ness.

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Steel erector prosecuted for dangerous work at height

A steel erection firm employee has been handed a suspended prison sentence and a fine of £1400 after he admitted to working unsafely at height on a hotel development in central Manchester.

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