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12 December 2014

• Harlequin Floors’ Austrian Art & Culture partner wins top award

  Harlequin Floors is delighted that a business co-operation has resulted in arts partner, ImPulsTanz being presented with the prestigious Maecenas Special Recognition Award “Art & Culture for successful engagement and cooperation with business” in Vienna.

• New online Humidifer Selector

  Condair, formerly known as JS Humidifiers, has launched an innovative new website, www.condair.co.uk, with features including an online product selector tool and psychrometric calculator

• Sec2 Security is moving its Security Audio Systems (SecAudio) division to new premises in January 2015.

  The move is a strategic plan to enhance the groups Security Audio offering allowing for new product development in a more controlled and clean environment, ideal for testing sensitive electronic components.

• Government audit deems disabled access on the high street ‘shocking’

  Disabled accessibility on the British high streetA recent government audit of accessibility on the British high street found standards to be absolutely appalling. The audit took into account over 30,000 shops and restaurants across the UK, the BBC reports. Each of these venues were visited by DisabledGo, an organisation that provides accessibility information.

• 10 Signs Your Lift Needs Updating

  An average lift should have an operational lifetime of 20 to 25 years. But this depends on its exposure to heat, the weather and its passenger usage, maintenance and repairs. Some signs that the lift needs an upgrade are obvious.

• The Kings of Cool: Crowning 7 Award-Winning Lifts

  There have been huge advances in lift technology since the first elevator was built in 1743. This is made all the more obvious when you think about some of the record-breaking lifts around the world today.

• The 2hr Walk Across the World’s Tallest Outdoor Passenger Lift

  Do you have a fear of heights? It’s one of the most common phobias in existence, and whilst some would advocate tackling your fears head-on, a 330-metre elevator might not be the best way to do it.

• A Special Festive Offer from Evacusafe

  Christmas is approaching fast and will be upon us before we know it. The team at Evacusafe are feeling festive, not only have they put the decorations up, they have also put together a fantastic festive offer which is available for all new and existing customers.

11 December 2014

• Wimbledon building firm risked workers’ lives

  A construction company in south west London has been prosecuted for exposing its workforce to serious dangers on a building site in Holland Park.

• Scaffolder in court for dangerous work

  An Essex scaffolder has been prosecuted following unsafe work at a Chelsea property. Christopher Harker, from Epping, trading as C&H Scaffolding, clambered up and down the outside of a four-storey scaffold in Cheyne Walk on in March 2014, completely unconcerned by the fact a fall could have proved fatal.