FIRE CHIEFS have warned that the remediation of buildings is being hindered by “deep-rooted flaws” in the building safety system. Ahead of the anticipated Remediation Bill, the National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) has observed that relying on Fire and Rescue Services to enforce a broken regime isn’t sustainable. [Read More]

WESTERN BUSINESS Media has purchased the Women in Fire Safety Awards as the company continues to grow its Fire Safety Matters portfolio. [Read More]

GLOBAL HSE Group has successfully achieved UKCA certification for its FD30s range of PAS 24 composite fire doors, which is manufactured to the highest fire safety standards at its Nottingham headquarters. The company has confirmed full compliance with UK legislation and performance standards. [Read More]

EPISODE 46 of the Fire Safety Matters Podcast features exclusive interviews with our special guests Derrick Hall (director of sales and marketing) and Kevin Mears (head of product management) from Kentec Electronics and Spike Armstrong (business development manager at Thermocable). [Read More]

PASSIVE FIRE protection solutions developer Siderise is the first business in the UK to use international freight forwarder FSEW’s premium Greenflow service, allowing the company to decarbonise the road and sea export route between its main passive fire protection manufacturing facility in Maesteg, Wales and Jebel Ali Port in Dubai, thereby marking a major step in reducing the carbon footprint of its international freight operations. [Read More]

HOCHIKI EUROPE has collated the results of its 2025 Customer Survey, with respondents reporting consistently high satisfaction in the areas that matter most to specifiers, installers and facilities teams. [Read More]

WESTERN BUSINESS Media Ltd – the publisher of Fire Safety Matters and its sister titles focused on the security business sector, namely Security Matters, Professional Security Installer, Benchmark and Risk Xtra – has announced that the entry process is now open for the Fire and Security Matters Awards 2026, for which the Headline Sponsor is BAFE. [Read More]

THE FIRE Protection Association (FPA) is moving from the Fire Service College at Moreton-in-Marsh – where the organisation has been resident for over 20 years – to Pembroke House near Banbury in Oxfordshire. [Read More]