Author: Tom Wood | Date: 02/03/2021
Categories: General
The need for construction-sector directors and managers to be able to mount a defence in court and protect their personal assets, as well as their business’s bottom-line, should a health and safety breach occur, has been highlighted through a recent case. Both a company director and a project manager have found themselves with suspended custodial prison sentences and court costs Read More…
Author: Tom Wood | Date: 16/02/2021
The impacts of a hardening insurance market, along with a waning insurer appetite for the provision of professional indemnity insurance to the construction sector, are creating a situation that is forcing many architects’ practices to close their doors. Whilst some insurers have stopped offering any form of professional indemnity insurance to professions associated with the construction industry, others are increasing Read More…
Author: Tom Wood | Date: 08/02/2021
As Britain prepares for a major rollout of various Covid-19 vaccines, over what is likely to be the course of several months, medical practices should make sure they stay abreast of what the regulators expect of them and have the right insurances in place, to cover any incidents or lapses in health and safety processes that could occur at a Read More…
Author: Tom Wood | Date: 05/02/2021
As Britain has learned more about Covid-19 and its treatment and consequences, so to it has discovered the presence of the condition now described as Long Covid, sufferers of which continue to suffer health impacts several months after initial ‘recovery’ from the virus. This long-tail Covid is affecting young and old alike, creating issues such as fatigue, depression, stress, lasting Read More…