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• 03/02/2012 - Lack of planning caused injury - A boat building firm has been fined after a lack of planning was blamed for one of its employees getting injured during a move of offices.
• 03/02/2012 - Scaffolder badly injured in fall - A scaffolder was told he will never be able to work in construction after suffering serious injuries in a seven-metre fall through a roof in 2010.
• 02/02/2012 - Bungled gas repairs see firm fined - A pair of workers could have been killed or seriously injured when flames reaching nearly three metres shot out from a leaking gas pipe during bungled repair work.
• 02/02/2012 - Lorry driver death sees firm fined - The death of a lorry driver struck by a one-tonne pallet of sheet steel has led to a lift maker being fined £65,000 for breaching safety rules.
• 01/02/2012 - Dundee firms face heavy penalties - Three Scottish firms have been fined a combined total of £336,000 after a worker fell six metres through a roof light on to a concrete floor.
• 01/02/2012 - Factory fined over hand injury - A Milton Keynes-based manufacturer has been fined after an employee suffered severe hand injuries working on a bubble wrap making machine.
• 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.