The Council of Mortgage Lenders recently published a breakdown of house purchase lending in Scotland during the first quarter of 2015.
The Council of Mortgage Lenders recently published a breakdown of house purchase lending in Scotland during the first quarter of 2015.
A multi-million pound compensation package has been awarded to a boy who suffered severe injuries as a result of being deprived of oxygen during his birth, reports the Bristol Post.
The latest House Price Index from Halifax has revealed that house prices in the three months to May were 1.4% higher than in the preceding three months. This was slightly below April’s 1.5% and was the lowest since November 2015 (1.4%).
Property prices across the UK have risen considerably with many experts stating that those considering selling a property should do so while demand is currently exceptionally high.
New figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders have revealed that landlords took out 45,000 mortgage loans before the introduction of the new stamp duty increase in April.
A self-employed contractor has been found guilty of health and safety offences after an employee died when the trench he was working in collapsed on him.
Ireland's Injuries Board recently published its 2015 annual overview, which reveals that 33,561 new personal injury claims were submitted to the Board in 2015.
The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) has called for a more joined up approach to controlling mineral dust in the workplace to help reduce the UK’s occupational cancer burden.
A farming company has appeared in Jedburgh Sheriff Court charged with health and safety breaches after a young man was killed while trying to clear a blockage in a grain bin at a farm in Hawick.
A new report has revealed that hundreds of babies are left brain-damaged each year in England because the NHS does not learn from its failures.
An inquest into the death of a former primary school teacher has concluded that she died as a result of exposure to asbestos during her teaching career, the Guardian reports.
Scotland’s new Sheriff Appeal Court now has jurisdiction to hear civil appeals from sheriff courts.
A construction firm has appeared in court on health and safety charges after a worker was seriously injured when he fell approximately two and a half metres.
New laws to modernise the Fatal Accident Inquiry (FAI) process have been passed by the Scottish Parliament.
New guidance to encourage better management of occupational health risks has been launched by the construction industry.
A boy who sustained severe brain damage as a result of failings by medical staff after his birth has been awarded compensation amounting to over £6 million, reports the Doncaster Free Press.
A Glasgow printing and packaging company has been sentenced after a worker’s hand was severely injured in machinery.
New figures published by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have revealed that over a million people are being made ill by their work, which is costing society around £14.3 billion.
An MP in England has published a Private Members’ Bill that calls for greater fairness for bereaved people and victims of psychiatric harm in England and Wales.