Business Advice Open Days – additional dates for 2012

Business Advice Open Days are the largest cross government business support roadshows of their kind, dedicated to providing free information and support to your business. Further dates added for January and February 2012, find an event near you.

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Companies fined after worker breaks back in fall

Anson Packaging Ltd and Cambs Compressor Engineering Ltd, two companies based in Ely, have been fined a total of £68,030 with £37,743.72 costs after a 24-year-old worker broke his back in a fall from a roof void.

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Blacksmith fined after worker falls from roof

A self-employed blacksmith and fabricator has been fined after one of his employees was severely injured after falling more than seven metres from a roof he was working on.

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St Helens manufacturer in court over crushed hand

A manufacturing firm has been sentenced after a worker’s hand was crushed in a metal press at a St Helens factory.
Barry Kelleher lost his little finger and part of the palm on his right hand as a result of the incident.

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