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31/01/2012 - Midlands firm fined over M1 crash - An engineering contractor has been fined after a worker suffered severe injuries when his excavator struck a bridge on the M1 motorway in the East Midlands.
31/01/2012 - Hotel profits increase in capital - Last year was a profitable one for hoteliers in the capital with profit per room rising 4.7%.
30/01/2012 - Hotel rooms freed by Olympic chiefs - Tourists hoping to travel to this year's Olympics have been handed a boost after more than 120,000 places reserved in hotels by London 2012 organisers were freed up.
30/01/2012 - Tax breaks urged for community pubs - With pubs closing down across the country at record rates, one leading think-tank has suggested offering tax relief for those at the centre of their community.
27/01/2012 - Report calls for UK tourism boost - Britain's tourism industry could receive a kick-start if unnecessary regulation and bureaucratic red tape were cut back, according to an independent report.
27/01/2012 - Molten metal badly injures worker - Molten metal badly burned a worker who was operating a die cast machine at a factory in Worcester, a court has been told.
26/01/2012 - Flood costs 'to rise by billions' - Climate change experts have warned that flood damage could cost the UK billions of pounds a year over the next few decades.
26/01/2012 - Chinese eatery hit with record fine - One of the largest fines for breaching food hygiene standards has been given to a Greenwich eatery after it was found to have committed 18 offences.
25/01/2012 - Reward offered over jewellery raid - Hundreds of precious jewels worth a total of £430,000 have been stolen from an auction house in Glasgow.
25/01/2012 - Company fined after ripsaw accident - An investigation has found a Lincolnshire company to be in breach of health and safety regulations after an employee was injured while working on a ripsaw.
24/01/2012 - Support group did not protect staff - A group that offers support to people with learning disabilities has been fined for not protecting its staff from violence. In one assault, a support worker at Dimensions (UK) was kicked in the eye by a service user, magistrates in Newcastle learned.
24/01/2012 - Factory cleaner's hand crushed - Safety failings at a food factory resulted in a cleaner having his hand crushed by machinery, magistrates have learned.
23/01/2012 - Oxford Street water main repaired - The water main which burst on Oxford Street causing severe disruption and damage, has been repaired, according to the local water authority.
23/01/2012 - Live music events set to flourish - A new law will make it easier for small venues to host live music events.
20/01/2012 - Worker loses finger in accident - A factory worker's finger was severed in a machine accident at a plastics plant in Northamptonshire, a court has been told.
20/01/2012 - Builder fined for endangering staff - A building company has been prosecuted for jeopardising the safety of its workers during an office refit of its own premises.
19/01/2012 - Employer prosecuted for fatal fall - A property developer from Leicester has been handed a suspended prison sentence after a man in his employment fell to his death through the roof of a disused factory.
19/01/2012 - Toxteth site manager fined £112,000 - A Liverpool businessman has admitted four breaches of health and safety regulations after a labourer died following a fall on site.
18/01/2012 - Machinery crushed worker to death - A 54-year-old worker's death through crushing at a plastic products plant has resulted in a £160,000 fine for a company.
18/01/2012 - Crane firm hit with fine over death - Crane supplier J H Carruthers has been fined £180,000 due to a worker being killed when a steel beam fell on him causing fatal injuries.
17/01/2012 - Fake Gas Safe engineers sentenced - Two men who ran a plumbing firm have avoided jail after falsely claiming that they were Gas Safe registered engineers and leaving a family in "immediate danger".
17/01/2012 - Man charged after worker injured - A demolition worker who used equipment without authorisation or training has been taken to court after his actions left a colleague with serious leg injuries.
16/01/2012 - Roofer who neglected safety fined - A roofer has been fined £350 after he and two employees were caught on top of a shop roof without any safety equipment.
16/01/2012 - Business fined for serious injury - The employer of a man who suffered permanent hand injuries at work has been fined for breaching health and safety regulations.
13/01/2012 - Survey shows UK safety disparity - Specialist contractors are safer than standard construction workers, according to new research.
13/01/2012 - False trader given prison sentence - A man has been sentenced to eight months in prison for falsely claiming to be a registered gas engineer.
12/01/2012 - Thorntons fined after worker hurt - Chocolate retailer Thorntons has been fined £20,000 after an employee broke her finger while operating machinery.
12/01/2012 - Man crushed by load from crane - A Manchester scaffold worker has been told he will never walk again after being hit by metal tubing that fell from a crane overhead.
11/01/2012 - £60k fine after driver broke neck - A logistics firm in Lichfield has been ordered to pay a total of more than £100,000 after the driver of a forklift truck broke his neck.
11/01/2012 - Landlord fined over safety failure - A landlord has been fined £10,000 after he failed to ensure gas safety checks were completed at a property in Blackburn.
10/01/2012 - Driver breaks back in truck fall - A Derbyshire manufacturing firm has been fined after a forklift truck driver suffered a fractured back and crushed disk in a fall.
10/01/2012 - Worker plunged through glass roof - A horticultural nursery in Evesham has been handed a fine after a worker plunged through the roof of a glasshouse, causing him serious head injuries and a fractured hand.
09/01/2012 - Firm fined after employee injured - A Yorkshire company has been fined £10,000 for breaching health and safety laws after an employee was trapped by a 1.5 tonne counterweight.
09/01/2012 - Thieves target rare bronze statue - Thieves have stolen a bronze statue worth more than £5,000 from a gallery.
06/01/2012 - Thieves steal donkey charity cash - Thieves in Devon have stolen donations worth approximately £150 from an animal charity.
06/01/2012 - Sign worker broke neck in fall - The failure of a firm to thoroughly examine a vehicle-mounted lift resulted in a broken neck for one worker when he fell while trying to remove a sign from a high street premises.
05/01/2012 - Lift worker in hospital after fall - A lift engineer is being treated for a serious head injury after he fell 10 to 15 feet down an apartment block lift shaft.
05/01/2012 - Quarry death leads to prosecutions - Fines have been issued to a business and a tradesman after the death of a 28-year-old worker.
04/01/2012 - Insurers set for storm payouts - The wild winter storm that rocked Britain caused widespread damage but the Association of British Insurers reassured policyholders that claims would be dealt with swiftly.
04/01/2012 - Faulty brake leaves worker crushed - A farm worker was run over by the tractor he was in charge of due to a fault in the vehicle's handbrake, a court has heard. Farm owners FH Benney & Sons was prosecuted for failing to maintain the brake.
03/01/2012 - Armed robbers target bookmakers - A bookmakers in Edinburgh was targeted by armed robbers during a New Year's Day raid.
03/01/2012 - Tata Steel fined as staff crushed - A large steel firm has been fined thousands of pounds after two of its employees were injured when a 300kg warehouse door collapsed on them.