• M&E firms warn of persistent skills shortages

    M&E firms warn of persistent skills shortages
    Specialist contractors in the mechanical, electrical and plumbing sectors are warning that ongoing systemic skills shortages are now holding back growth.
    The latest quarterly survey supported by the main electrotechnical sector trade bodies paints a picture of an overriding issue that has now been a serious concern for the last four quarters.
    The warning comes as the sector also reports growing workloads and orders driven by big data centre and lab work for larger firms and decarbonising program
  • Scaffolder dies from chemical burns

    Scaffolder dies from chemical burns
    Tata Chemicals Europe Limited has been fined £1.125m after a young father died following an incident while erecting a scaffold tower at a chemical plant in Northwich.
    Michael Densmore, from Halewood in Merseyside, died following complications to the wound he sustained after his right foot slipped into a trough containing a liquid chemical calcium hydroxide – more commonly known as ‘milk of lime’ – causing chemical and thermal burns.
    The 37-year-old father-of-four wa

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