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Local Authority Building Control (LABC), the membership organisation for 3,500 public service building surveyors in England and Wales, has launched a fully funded trainee scheme to attract new recruits into the profession.

Following the landmark Building Safety Act 2022, LABC is boosting building control capacity in light of new responsibilities and support for the Building Safety Regulator. The regulator will be responsible for ensuring the safety of all new higher risk buildings and for the oversight of 12,000 existing occupied tall buildings.

The capacity building...

So you want to open a dental practice in your town! While that is fantastic and can be very lucrative, you need to know what you are doing first. If you don’t ask these questions and really think through what your new practice is going to look like, you will run into some problems that could sink your dental practice before you really get it started.

Take some time to consider these points and come up with good valid answers for them before you start your career in dentistry.

While many dentists focus on where they will build their...

Exeter financial experts Old Mill has promoted a fifth of its 30 strong tax team as part of its ‘recruit, retain and promote’ strategy, putting it on course to become the fastest growing practice in the South West.

In November, Old Mill announced a restructure to facilitate its ambitious plans to grow by 15%pa over the next five years and double staff numbers by 2026. As well as creating a simpler model to support growth, the restructure also...

It is often tempting to believe that you must have made a mistake while dealing with an injury brought on by a product, such as a lawnmower or medical gadget. Many of these goods are pushed to the market without enough testing and without addressing major defects that could result in injury. The Consumer Protection Act of 1987 establishes strict liability for claims of defective products. According to the law, culpability is based solely on deficiency rather than a fault. A manufacturer of a product may be held responsible for damages if they intentionally or unintentionally place an...