Neil Munro
We’ve heard some fantastic news about asbestos in the UK during the past few days. Leading developer Lovell has become the first UK house builder to actively tackle the challenge of asbestos waste. The firm is collaborating with Wolverhampton-based Thermal Recycling to safely package and convert asbestos waste into a safe and reusable cement substitute. … Read more
Many people have lives filled with work and family and 101 other activities that take up our days. So, today we’d like you to do something for us – just pause for a second and take a deep breath in and a deep breath out. Did you manage to do it? The average person takes … Read more
At Acorn Analytical Services we are very proud of the wide range of asbestos management and training services that we provide. We are proud to say we’re a fully independent and impartial company and that clients can be confident that the results and recommendations they receive from us will always be in their best interests. … Read more
At Acorn Analytical Services we are committed to developing the next generation of asbestos consultants. We invest a lot of time and money into training our staff because asbestos will remain in many of the UK’s buildings for the foreseeable future and it needs to be managed properly to protect people’s lives. Earlier this year … Read more
This month the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has released its Mesothelioma statistics for Great Britain, 2021 report. The report reveals the number of deaths attributed to the asbestos-related cancer during 2019 and makes for interesting reading. Mesothelioma has a strong association with exposure to asbestos and current evidence suggests around 85% of all male … Read more
Every year, thousands of people in the UK are diagnosed with asbestos-related diseases. Often people have developed these conditions after coming into contact with asbestos years earlier – in some cases decades earlier. Sadly, this doesn’t mean that people aren’t being exposed to asbestos today. It is estimated that there are around 1.5m buildings in … Read more
It’s not often we get to say this, but we heard some genuinely uplifting news about asbestos a few weeks ago. A firm in Wolverhampton, called Thermal Recycling, has opened the world’s first plant for environmentally responsible asbestos disposal. The company uses a scientific process called denaturing to convert materials containing asbestos into a new … Read more
We were thrilled to hear a few days ago that the UK Asbestos Training Association (UKATA) has been highly commended in the Senior Leadership Engagement Award category at The Impact Awards, hosted by mental health charity, Mates in Mind. For anyone who is not familiar with the work of UKATA it is the UK’s largest … Read more
We’re very lucky in the UK to have access to a wide variety of beautiful beaches but heartbreakingly sometimes these great natural resources hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons. So are holidaymakers in danger of finding asbestos on beaches? Where was asbestos on beaches found? Earlier this week an investigation was launched in … Read more
The reason we are one of the UK’s best asbestos consultancies is because we have always been passionate about investing in our team. Our management team has more than 100 years of experience between them and we take our commitment to managing asbestos concerns for clients of all sizes from all industries incredibly seriously. We … Read more