29/03/2010 - Three guilty of gas safety breach - Two landlords and a gas service engineer have been fined for breaching safety laws after a woman and her young daughter were affected by carbon monoxide.
26/03/2010 - HSE calls for telehandler safety - Telehandler operators have been warned not to use the machines if the right-hand side window is missing, after a man was crushed by his vehicle's mechanical arm.
26/03/2010 - Firms fined over brain damage fall - Two decorating firms and two company directors have been fined a combined total of £6,000 after a worker was left brain damaged following an apparent fall from a ladder at a site in Newsom, near Huddersfield.
25/03/2010 - Firm fined £4,000 over site fall - Construction firm Scotia Homes has been fined £4,000 after an apprentice joiner fell from the first floor of a building site property.
24/03/2010 - Raiders steal gold worth £500,000 - Two masked men have stolen gold worth almost £500,000 and a quantity of cash from a Birmingham jewellers, according to West Midlands Police.
24/03/2010 - Shop owner fined over insurance - Belington Magistrates' Court has fined a fruit shop owner more than £2,000 for not having compulsory insurance to cover employee injury claims.
23/03/2010 - Instructor admits drink-driving - Bingley Magistrates' Court has convicted a motorcycle instructor of drink-driving after she fell off her bike three times during a lesson.
22/03/2010 - Rules changed to stop pubs shutting - Measures designed to help prevent local independent pubs from closing have been announced by the Government, with around 40 community pubs close in the UK every week.
18/03/2010 - Shrewsbury robbery appeal issued - Detectives in Shrewsbury have issued an appeal asking people to report if they saw a JCB tele-handler used during an attempted robbery.
17/03/2010 - Weather hits February retail sales - Cautious shoppers and bad weather resulted in the worst February high street sales in more than a decade, according to the Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC).
17/03/2010 - Firms 'under-prepared' for crises - Businesses managers are being urged to prioritise planning after a study found that many companies may be "dangerously under-prepared" for crises in the form of extreme weather or major IT issues.
12/03/2010 - Firm pays £10,000 on frame injuries - A teaching assistant who was left with whiplash injuries by a climbing frame which came off a wall has been awarded £10,000 in compensation from the firm which secured the frame.
11/03/2010 - Early doors for Wetherspoon punters - Pub giant JD Wetherspoon is planning to capitalise on its position as the UK's third biggest coffee chain by extending its morning opening hours.
10/03/2010 - Building accident leads to fine - A construction firm has been fined over the collapse of a trench, which trapped a worker for over two hours, and left him injured.
04/03/2010 - Hotel business rates 'jobs threat' - "Eye-watering" business rate increases are on the way for Scottish hotels which could cost jobs and businesses, the Liberal Democrat leader told First Minister Alex Salmond.
04/03/2010 - Welsh language fines for companies - Ministers have proposed new legislation which could see hefty fines imposed on phone and utilities companies if they fail to provide their services through the Welsh language.
02/03/2010 - Small firms energy costs 'too high' - Smaller firms are urged to shop around for the best energy prices, which they are missing out on compared with bigger businesses, say Government figures.
01/03/2010 - Smoke ban flouting landlord jailed - A Lancashire pub landlord believed to be the first person jailed for flouting the smoking ban after he organised a "mass light-up" is "devastated" at his sentence, his wife said.
01/03/2010 - Shops to get healthy food fridges - Around £200,000 a year will be spent on providing shops with refrigerators and shelves to display healthy food, the Scottish Government has announced.
