Haldane Fisher has been fined £380,000 after one of its staff members fell and suffered a brain injury while working at its Walsall site; pleading guilty to breaching Sections 2 (1) and 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. The incident occurred when Timothy Bates was …
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Brick manufacturer Ibstock is to build a new £45m clay brick factory in Walsall. Chief executive Joe Hudson said: “Within our Clay division, which is operating in a market in which demand for bricks exceeds that available from domestic manufacturing capacity, we have a number of opportunities to enhance capacity …
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