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Asbestos Compensation
Asbestos Compensation Claims Limits are Raised In March of 2017, The Lord Chancellor Elizabeth Truss changed the way in which asbestos compensation is calculated when she lowered the compensation discount rate. When the amount a person receives from a compensation payment is calculated, it is adjusted according to the interest they can expect to earn…
Read MoreAsbestos Licensing
Not all Asbestos companies hold the same level of asbestos licensing. The HSE (Health and Safety Executive) has an extensive and exhaustive process that all Asbestos removal companies are required to adhere to before the HSE determines the level of asbestos licensing that they grant to the individual applicants. The HSE (Health and Safety Executive)…
Read MoreAsbestos in Playground
(Photo: UGC TNW) In the news this week was a report that a north wales man found asbestos in the playground that his children were regularly using! The Daily Mirror reported on 5th April that ; “The man who found the asbestos, Tim Watson, said: “I was just passing through the playground last Tuesday when…
Read MoreAsbestos Removal Tax Breaks
Morning everyone, did you know that if you own a building that has ACMs (asbestos-containing materials) built into it before your ownership and you are a company then you could be entitled to asbestos Removal tax breaks? The cost and time delays related to the process of asbestos removal can be daunting for any company,…
Read MoreDudley Project – Asbestos Survey Case Study
Dudley Asbestos Survey We at Safeline Environmental carry out all types and sizes of surveys, a recent Dudley Asbestos Survey was completed by Safeline to a domestic property, a lovely old couple that was having an update to their home before they retired. On-site, the survey highlighted small amounts of asbestos in the home, and…
Read MoreMidland Asbestos Company Fined
The HSE (Health and Safety Executive) regularly publishes cases, proceedings and prosecutions on its website, and we were dismayed to discover a Midland Asbestos Company had been fined, we just want to reassure our readers, clients and customers, and our construction partners that the company was not SAFELINE ENVIRONMENTAL. The Midland Asbestos Company concerned with…
Read MoreAsbestosis Treatment
What is asbestosis? Asbestosis is a terminal lung condition in the form of pneumoconiosis and is caused specifically by microscopic asbestos fibres. The disease is characterised by scarring and inflammation of lung tissue. It is irreversible and the condition takes decades to reveal itself following asbestos exposure. Infact many people die (not of asbestosis directly)…
Read MoreAsbestos in the Environment
Today’s blog is all about Asbestos in the Environment! As most of you will know Asbestos is a natural fibre that has been used by humanity for over 7500 years, mainly because asbestos has fantastic fire retardant qualities. Recently, we have read several articles in the news relating to worries about asbestos in the environment…
Read MoreSafeline Environmental Feedback
Morning Safeline news Readers, we are so please to have received more great safeline environmental feedback about our customer focus from one of our contractor clients. We often complete works for a company call MA assist, which are involved in domestic insurance repairs, and they received some feedback yesterday on one of our teams being…
Read MoreStourbridge Commercial Property – Asbestos Removal Case Study
Stourbridge Asbestos Removal Safeline Environmental can cater for a huge scale of works, from commercial asbestos removal in the largest commercial units to the smallest domestic jobs similarly to the Stourbridge asbestos removal and survey works we recently completed. The Stourbridge asbestos removal job was for a domestic house renovation, and we were called in…
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