Welcome to This Week at theEHP, a summary of the articles that appeared on the site over the previous week.
This week at theEHP we have seen a new site logo, a prosecution led by theEHP, environmental protection research and more deals from our environmentally friendly partners.
Looking forward to seeing you at theEHP and any comments are welcome.
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Environmental Protection
- Environmental Protection: New research on effects of air pollution on commuters
Research finds that air pollution affects breathing ability after commuting to and from work by car and bus but not on a bicycle.
- Environmental Protection: Noise pollution could be costing lives
A World Health Organization report finds Western Europeans lose years to death or disability from excessive sound.
Food Safety
- Food Safety: Knossington pub fined £22,149 for food hygiene offences
A past owner of a Knossington pub has been fined £22,149 for food hygiene offences.
Health & Safety
- Health & Safety: HSE prosecutions in brief 13th May – 20th May
Welcome to HSE prosecutions in brief. An overview of this weeks prosecutions by the HSE.
Housing
- Housing: Father and Son sentenced for failing to license HIMO
A father and son from Dudley, West Midlands have been sentenced for failing to license a licensable House in Multiple Occupation (HIMO).
- Housing: Landlord advice on dirty tenants
Landlord Law Blog – Advice and a discussion on how to deal with problem tenants.
- Housing: Tough but realistic definition for zero carbon homes from Minster
Housing Minister Grant Shapps has today announced a tough but realistic definition for zero carbon homes that strikes the right balance between delivering the zero carbon homes for the future and creating the right conditions to get the homes the country needs built.
- Housing: Landlords – ‘what to do if your tenant won’t go’
Landlords often complain about unreliable tenants. Tenants who say that they are going to leave on Monday but who are still there three weeks later. Or tenants who fail to move out after having been served a section 21 notice.
- Housing: New drive to tackle scandal of empty homes
Communities Minister Andrew Stunell today described the 300,000 long term empty homes in England as a scandal with four million people stranded on housing waiting lists.
Sustainability
- Sustainability: Committee on Climate Change publishes review
The Committee on Climate Change has published a renewable energy review.
This Week at theEHP
- This Week at theEHP: 6th May – 13th May
This week at theEHP things have been busy. We have seen a site upgrade, the introduction of environmentally friendly partners, Green People making a difference and a lot of activity by the Health & Safety.
