HSE bills firms almost three quarters of a million pounds in first two months of FFI.
The UK trade news portal Construction Enquirer is reporting that the Health and Safety Executive’s controversial Fee for Intervention (FFI) cost recovery scheme has pulled in more than £727,000 in the two months immediately following its 1 October 2012 introduction.
And with the construction sector (which includes demolition) accounting for more than a third of all FFI charges, it’s likely that a number of UK demolition contractors have been finding sizable bills on their doormats over the past week.
Gordon MacDonald, HSE’s programme director, said: “It is right that those who break the law should pay their fair share of the costs to put things right – and not the public purse. Firms who manage workplace risks properly will not pay.”
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