DETAILED RECOMMENDATIONS aimed at guiding professionals conducting fire risk assessments in the housing sector have been issued by the British Standards Institution (BSI) to deliver enhanced clarity, consistency and assurance and, ultimately, assist in protecting people. [Read More]

AT THE Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) 2025 Annual General Meeting, which recently took place at the organisation’s headquarters in Bootle on Merseyside and was live-streamed online, the Building Safety Regulator’s transition to become an executive agency at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government was addressed alongside the current applications procedure for higher-risk buildings. [Read More]

WARRINGTONFIRE – THE provider of fire testing, inspection and certification services and part of the Element Materials Technology Group – is now entering the next phase of development at its Birchwood Park laboratory by investing £4 million to add two new furnaces and increase testing capacity. [Read More]

PROPERTY MANAGEMENT company 10 Park Crescent Management (Worthing) Limited and its sole director Mark Sexton have been ordered to pay a total of £1,588 after being found guilty of breaching the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. The prosecution was brought forward by the West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. [Read More]

ISLANDERS WHO live in tall residential buildings in Jersey – or are otherwise involved in their ownership or management – are being consulted on a proposal from Deputy Mary Le Hegarat (the Minister for Justice and Home Affairs) focused around the introduction of new fire safety regulations. [Read More]

THE FIRE Industry Association (FIA) is calling on all businesses in the fire sector to take part in the 2025 Market Conditions Survey, share their experiences and actively assist in shaping the direction of the industry. [Read More]

THE LEASEHOLD Advisory Service – the Government-funded advisory body providing trusted and independent support to leaseholders – and the Building Safety Regulator have introduced a free digital training programme designed to support the volunteer directors of Right to Manage Companies and Resident Management Companies operational in England. [Read More]

THE GUILD of Architectural Ironmongers and the Door and Hardware Federation have published the Ironmongery Manufacturers’ Guidance Document, itself an industry-led Best Practice guide created to support manufacturers in providing clear, consistent and comprehensive product information for fire door hardware being placed on the market in Great Britain. [Read More]