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Construction bosses jailed after roofer death

Two construction bosses have been jailed and their companies ordered to pay a combined total of £360,000 for health and safety failings that resulted in a worker falling to his death at a building site in Hove, near Brighton.

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PwC fined £5m over Kier and Galliford Try audit breaches

Big four auditor PwC and one of its former partners have been fined after admitting breaches in relation to its statutory audits of construction firms Kier Group and Galliford Try.

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Grenfell cladding materials banned from all new buildings

Cladding materials of the kind installed at Grenfell Tower will be banned for use on buildings of any height, the government has announced as part of a package of new regulations to improve fire safety.

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Public procurement reforms set out in legislation

Government has published the long awaited Procurement Bill, which contains a number of key points of particular interest to the construction industry.

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Ukraine conflict claims start to appear

A third of construction sector organisations have made or seen contract claims concerning the challenges caused by Russia’s war in Ukraine, with many more anticipated going forward, an industry survey conducted by Gleeds has found.

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Sector missed signs of labour exploitation

Greater industry collaboration and strong government leadership are needed to tackle labour exploitation in construction, the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner has urged following a police investigation known as Operation Cardinas, in which at least 33 construction companies ‘unwittingly’ paid a Romanian organised crime gang for slave labour.

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News in Brief: June 2022

KPMG is set to be fined £14.4 million after a disciplinary tribunal found that former employees misled the Financial Reporting Council as it inspected audits of collapsed contractor Carillion and software firm Regenersis.

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Audit reforms set out to prevent Carillion repeat

Plans to revamp the UK’s audit regime through a new regulator with stronger enforcement powers, additional transparency requirements for businesses and measures to tackle the dominance of the Big Four audit firms have been confirmed by the government.

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Two receive jail sentences after fatal roof fall

Two men who were responsible for safety on a cladding job in North Shields have received suspended prison sentences after a worker fell through a fragile roof, suffering injuries that subsequently proved fatal.

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Mandatory embodied carbon assessments urged for buildings

Regulations to mandate whole life carbon assessments for buildings should be introduced by the government, a new report from the Environmental Audit Committee has urged to help address the issue of embodied carbon in the built environment.

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