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31/08/2011 - Shopkeepers 'aware of tobacco scam' - More than half of all Scottish shopkeepers are aware of smuggled tobacco being sold in their local area, a survey has revealed.
31/08/2011 - Roofer fined over garage roof fall - A roofer from Essex has been sentenced after an incident in which a friend fell through the roof of a garage - later dying from his injuries.
30/08/2011 - Pressure rises over 'beer tie' pubs - Publicans are being put under pressure through having to pay for supplies of beer under "tied" arrangements with major chains, a report has claimed.
30/08/2011 - Fertiliser fall firm fined £10,000 - A fertiliser firm from the North East has been fined after a worker was seriously injured by a falling 600kg bag of ammonium nitrate.
26/08/2011 - Alcohol taxes 'hitting consumption' - Alcohol taxes in the UK are among the highest in Europe, threatening jobs and leading to less booze being drunk, new figures showed today.
26/08/2011 - Million-pound eBay firms to grow - The number of million-pound businesses trading on eBay is set to increase by a quarter this year.
25/08/2011 - Online sector helps home-based mums - The online sector is helping more home-based mothers to gain employment.
25/08/2011 - £3m fund for riot-hit businesses - Businesses affected by rioting which spread across the country earlier this month will benefit from a £3 million cash pot, it has been announced.
24/08/2011 - Faulty heater killed young woman - A boss has been prosecuted for not ensuring a gas heater on his premises had been serviced, leading to the death of a 16-year-old girl.
24/08/2011 - Riots' impact on retail revealed - Thousands of hours-worth of retail trading was missed this month because of the widespread rioting across many of England's cities.
23/08/2011 - Retailers warned of refurb risks - Retailers are being reminded to consider the risk to workers and customers when carrying out store refurbishments.
23/08/2011 - Worker badly burned by chemical - A young, inexperienced worker was left with severe chemical burns on his face and eye because he was left unsupervised at an engineering factory.
22/08/2011 - Company fined over forklift dearth - Safety failings have seen a Livingston firm fined £100,000 after a worker was run over and killed by a forklift truck.
22/08/2011 - Consumers make fewer shopping trips - Customers are cutting down visits to shops as household incomes come under increasing pressure, new figures on retail footfall show.
19/08/2011 - Firm fined over severed finger - A confectionery company has been ordered to pay out almost £8,000 after part of an employee's finger was severed in a workplace accident.
19/08/2011 - Tulip ignored safety assessment - Not having a safety guard on a pork factory mixing machine has cost a worker two of his fingers and his bosses £20,000.
12/08/2011 - PM announces funds for riot victims - People who have lost homes and businesses in the recent riots could receive compensation under the Riot Damages Act, the Prime Minister said.
12/08/2011 - Asbestos exposed to public in skip - Two firms have been fined after asbestos was left exposed to the public on a skip outside fire-damaged premises at a seaside resort.
11/08/2011 - MPs to discuss uninsured victims - The Home Affairs Select Committee will discuss the issue of compensation for uninsured businesses hit by the recent riots around England.
11/08/2011 - Retailers count cost of rioting - Figures have estimated that rioting across the country has left retailers out of pocket to the tune of £80 million in lost sales.
10/08/2011 - Record labels hit by warehouse fire - Record labels XL and Domino, who are behind acts such as Adele and Arctic Monkeys, are among the many companies counting the cost of the London riots after a warehouse fire destroyed huge amounts of their stock.
10/08/2011 - Delivery driver hit by forklift - A brewery has been ordered to pay out almost £65,000 after a delivery driver was hit by a forklift truck.
09/08/2011 - Family store destroyed in riots - A family has been left devastated after their 144-year-old furniture store was set alight during the riots in London.
09/08/2011 - Worker severed fingers on bandsaw - The absence of a safety guard on a horizontal bandsaw led to a worker losing three fingers.
08/08/2011 - Factory death man named by police - Merseyside Police has named a 62-year-old man from Heywood, Greater Manchester, who died in an apparent industrial accident in Liverpool.
08/08/2011 - Skip firm fined over worker death - The death of a worker fixing a tyre at a waste-sorting yard has resulted in a £150,000 fine for a skip hire company.
05/08/2011 - Fine of £75k over machine drag man - The employers of a man who was dragged through a hole in a machine no wider than a CD have been fined £75,000 in total.
05/08/2011 - Impaled man's employer fined - The employer of a man who was impaled on spikes attached to an industrial hopper grill has been fined.
04/08/2011 - Police probe workshop arson attack - A fire which caused up to £400,000 damage to a joinery workshop was started deliberately, police have confirmed.
04/08/2011 - Old Retford pub set for fine dining - An old pub in Retford could soon be attracting unlikely attention from fine diners and wine connoisseurs.
03/08/2011 - Games boost young drinker numbers - Traditional bar games including darts, skittles and billiards could encourage more young people back into pubs, a report suggests.
03/08/2011 - Real ale first-time drinker boost - A growing number of people have enjoyed real ale for the first time over the past few years, a study shows.
02/08/2011 - Warning over fake tan nasal spray - The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has advised people not to use Ubertan, after experts found that the tanning product, which is being sold illegally across the UK and is used in the form of a nasal spray, is "potentially dangerous".
02/08/2011 - Roof collapses at snooker club - Residents of a cluster of flats in Glasgow have been left temporarily homeless while they wait for a snooker club to be demolished following the collapse of its roof.
01/08/2011 - Hay bulldozed from burning barn - Emergency crews trying to contain a blaze at a barn in Somerset had to take out nearly 60 tons of hay that risked fuelling the fire.
01/08/2011 - Weapons stolen in raid on gunsmiths - A gang of masked men raided a gunsmiths in East Renfrewshire and made off with weapons worth thousands of pounds.