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The $3.29bn Berlin Brandenburg Airport will not open on 3 June as planned due to insufficient fire-p…
Changing rooms at the Racecourse in Northampton, which cost £1 million to build, have been closed fo…
A chinese restaurant manager was fined £2,000 for failing to meet fire safety standards – just days…
Auckland's Legionnaire's disease outbreak continues to spread. Three new cases were notified over th…
A man who was treated for Legionnaires’ disease after an outbreak at an Ocean City hotel last year i…
The prevention and control of legionella at an Essex hospital remains a "significant concern", accor…
A London hotel has had to pay more than £260,000 in fines and costs in what is believed to be the fi…
Calpe’s four star Diamante Beach hotel remained closed for cleaning this week after being identified…
At least two British pensioners have been killed and a further eight admitted to hospital after an o…
Albany, N.Y. – “Legionnaires’ disease is a bacterial pneumonia,” described Dr. David Rockwell, an El…
Bacteria that cause Legionnaires' disease were found in water samples taken earlier this month at th…
Las Vegas- A recent guest of the Luxor Hotel and Casino died after contracting Legionnaires' disease…
NHS Lanarkshire has been fined £24,000 over health and safety breaches which saw a woman get Legionn…
Guernsey's director of public health has urged hotels and businesses to check their water systems fo…
Hong Kong's brand-new government headquarters compound is contaminated with a bacteria that causes L…
Zeta Services’ introduces a unique two-day exercise event that tests the resilience of businesses ag…
More than half of businesses in Yorkshire and The Humber are worried about the effects of more arcti…
Nearly two thirds of British businesses suffered disruption to their supply chain because of last wi…
A MAN died of a heart attack just hours after Basildon Hospital staff failed to alert a doctor to hi…
A recycling company in Merthyr Tydfil has been fined for failing to control the risks of Legionella…
UK — 18 October 2011 — Zeta Compliance Technologies today announced that ZetaSafe® 2, a major releas…
Three more cases of legionnaires' disease have been confirmed in UK residents who have visited Corfu…
There have been nine cases of Legionnaires' disease in the UK, all linked to travel to Corfu since A…
A father and son have had to pay more than £30,000 after breaching fire safety legislation. Suhai…
On 1st October 2011, The Fire Strategy Company Ltd, a subsidiary company of Zeta Compliance Group pl…
A patient suffering from Legionnaires’ disease has died at Basildon Hospital. The patient is the…
A landlord has paid out more than £3,000 for allowing tenants to live in a room that had previously…
A new water system is being installed at Sunderland's dry ski centre, after the legionella bacterium…
Fire leaders have called for a review of safety in Edinburgh's pubs and off licences two years after…
A decontamination team has been called to a factory fire in Scotland, after the firefighters battlin…
Dozens of care homes across London have been ordered to improve after failing to achieve even basic…
The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notified the Southern Nevada Health Dis…
Wall Street shrugged off news Thursday that six former Aria hotel guests came down with Legionnaires…
Six known cases of Legionnaires' Disease have occurred at Aria according to the Southern Nevada Heal…
An external fire risk assessor and a hotel manager have both been jailed for eight months for fire s…
A popular sports complex has been closed after the bug which causes Legionnaires’ disease was found…
On the 9th/10th July 2011 a team of thirteen Zeta Compliance Group plc employees will be attempting…
Lincolnshire lorry driver Adrian Denniss is still recovering after contracting Legionnaires' disease…
Staff at the Warwick IBM site have been sent home today over concerns that the water is contaminated…
Wishaw Sports Centre closed its doors last week after the bug which can cause the potentially fatal…
Traces of legionella bacteria have been found in the toilet water tanks of two Scottish trains. S…
A further two cases of Legionnaires' disease have been confirmed a week after health officials confi…
Two people have died from Legionnaires' Disease in the Glasgow and Lanarkshire health board areas, b…
The former joint proprietor of a restaurant which also included sleeping accommodation for staff has…
On the 9th/10th July 2011 a team of thirteen Zeta Compliance Group plc employees will be attempting…
Investigators found Legionella bacteria in a whirlpool at the Playboy Mansion, after about 200 revel…
The manager of a care home that was the scene of a fatal fire has been found guilty of a fire safety…
Just 58 per cent of businesses have plans in place to tackle unexpected disruptions, according to a…
A top bacteriologist says investigations into a case of legionnaires’ disease in Dundee may never id…
A man is being treated in hospital for Legionnaires' disease after using a hotel's leisure club in D…
New research has found that just 58% of businesses have plans in place to cater for unexpected disru…
Zeta Compliance Services is pleased to announce the launch of a series of free compliance podcasts w…
A CARE home contractor at the centre of a Legionella scare has been handed health and safety improve…
21st-25th March 2011 marks global Business Continuity Awareness Week, facilitated by the Business Co…
The Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister yesterday launched a cross-Government action plan on cl…
With the recent cold snap, building managers could be forgiven for concentrating on their heating ar…
Climate Week (21-27 March) is a new national occasion aimed at showcasing positive steps being taken…
A hostel owner has been found guilty of fire safety breaches after a fatal fire at his premises.…
March 2011 sees the launch of the new Zeta Compliance Services website which has been redesigned and…
Dozens of prisoners at a Wiltshire prison were rescued from a blaze that came a month after wardens…
The owner and manager of a care home in Newcastle have pleaded guilty to breaching the Fire Safety O…
A former coach driver is taking legal action against a Spanish hotel where he was exposed to deadly…
14 February 2011 Dozens of guests at Hugh Hefner’s Playboy Mansion have fallen ill with suspected…
Zeta Services is pleased to announce that it has again been successfully audited by ISO and continue…
27 January 2011 The New British Standard BS 8580:2010 “Water quality- Guide to risk assessments f…
21 January 2011 Moorfields Eye Clinic has been given the all-clear following an outbreak of Legio…
14 January 2011 Three people are being treated for legionnaires' disease after an outbreak at Moo…
11 January 2011 A care home resident has died after contracting deadly Legionnaires' Disease.…
A discount retail chain has pleaded guilty to five breaches of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) O…
In what is thought to be the first case of its kind, a fire system contractor has been convicted und…
Greggs the bakers has been fined £50,000 and ordered to pay a further £20,326 in costs after pleadin…
Are you responsible for people, premises and facilities? Do you know how changes to F-Gas and Air Co…
16 December 2010 A 51 year-old Dudley mother who was in remission from Non Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, di…
10 December 2010 A verdict of death by industrial disease was returned into the death of a West M…
On 8 December 2010, the Energy Bill was introduced into the House of Lords with its First Reading. A…
08 December 2010 Part of a third industrial cooling tower has been shut as a precaution as inquir…
The Government has published a consultation proposing further changes to the Carbon Reduction Commit…
19 November 2010 Dates for our CIBSE CPD Legionella awareness courses have been announced for 2011..…
Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp was among 200 guests that were forced to flee a blaze on 12…
27 October 2010 A worker at a York bus company has been struck down with a rare and potentially d…
26 October 2010 Two people have died and 29 others are unwell after an outbreak of Legionnaires'…
Negotiations on future of Carbon Trust and Energy Saving Trust likely to continue for several more m…
DECC issued a press release as part of the Spending Review. Amongst the statements was one with sign…
21 October 2010 A CARE home has been given the all-clear following a Legionnaires’ disease scare.…
Department of Energy and Climate Change confirms Carbon Trust and Energy Saving Trust are still unde…
One in five of businesses registering for the Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy (CRC) efficiency sc…
12 October 2010 The team investigating the spread of legionnaires' disease in the Heads of the Va…
09 October 2010 An emergency investigation has been launched after a nursing home resident contra…
01 October 2010 OLDER people's homes in Hounslow and Feltham are due to close two years earlier t…
28 September 2010 A WOMAN is being treated in hospital after contracting a potentially deadly dis…
27 September 2010 Fineapply are pleased to announce that to keep up with our growth and to improv…
27 September 2010 On November 1, 2010, Fineapply will change its name to Zeta Compliance Services…
23 September 2010 The risk of infection from Legionella bacteria in water at county hospitals is…
The sign-up process could take longer than the 10 days left until the deadline.Businesses are being…
21 September 2010 The death of an 85-year-old man has become the second to be directly linked to…
17 September 2010 ANY company found to be responsible for a fatal outbreak of legionnaires’ disea…
15 September 2010 A third person has died of Legionnaires’ disease in the South Wales Valleys, pu…
15 September 2010 Public Health Wales (PHW) has defended its decision to delay alerting the publi…
15 September 2010 Basildon Hospital will never fully eliminate the legionella bacteria from its w…
14 September 2010 Part of a third industrial cooling tower has been shut as a precaution as inqui…
14 September 2010 An investigation is under way after a case of Legionnaires' disease was confirm…
09 September 2010 The death of a 70-year-old man follows that of a woman, aged 64. Neither death…
08 September 2010 Health officials are trying to find the source of a Legionnaires' disease outbr…
16 August 2010 Around 40 firefighters have tackled a fire at a Weetabix factory in the USA, which…
The Environment Agency has been accused of leaving businesses open to further fines under a new ‘gre…
A row has broken out over whether fire detection equipment was working properly when smoke was spott…
The government will today call on large businesses and the public sector to act now to register for…
Councils across Scotland will be allowed to sell green electricity they generate to the National Gri…
Around 60 firefighters have been involved in tackling a blaze which broke out last Tuesday at the At…
A restaurant owner has been fined £15,000 for ten breaches of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Or…
04 August 2010 The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted The Royal United Hospital, Bath,…
Just 651 companies have registered as participants for the Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Effici…
21 July 2010 Legionella bacteria have been found in the water system at a Leeds hospital. The…
19 July 2010 Firefighters were still at the site of a burger factory in Suffolk on Monday morning…
19 July 2010 A fire at a fashion retailer has been successfully contained by the activation of an…
19 July 2010 A fire and subsequent explosion at the Lindsey oil refinery in north Lincolnshire ha…
19 July 2010 Around 150 firefighters have tackled a large blaze at a waste processing and recycli…
19 July 2010 A food factory owner has been ordered to pay more than £20,000 in fines and costs af…
16 July 2010 A strain of bacteria which can cause potentially fatal Legionnaire's disease has bee…
16 July 2010 A 32-year-old woman is undergoing psychiatric assessment following a suspicious fire…
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17 June 2010 A hotel pool and spa in Ottumwa were found to be potentially hazardous places to swi…
15 June 2010 The Northern Ireland Prison Service (NIPS) has been censured over the death of an in…
14 June 2010 There is a new outbreak of Legionnaires Disease in Alcoy, where four cases have alre…
14 June 2010 Windscreen water infection risk Windscreen wiper water may be the cause of 20% of…
03 June 2010 Legionella bacteria has been detected in the cooling towers of the Warrnambool Enter…
02 June 2010 BP and other oil companies operating in the North Sea have been warned by the Health…
13 May 2010 Fineapply act as the Group's Water and Air division and has been providing inspection…
28 April 2010 Two women were admitted to hospital after contracting legionnaires' disease at a No…
21 April 2010 A mother of two died after being misdiagnosed with swine flu when she had Legionnai…
15 April 2010 Please find details below regarding the new British Standard entitled "water Qualit…
23 February 2010 A woman from Swanley has been awarded a £70k settlement after her husband died f…
15 February 2010 Definitive guidelines have been published to help courts deal withorganisations…
15 February 2010 Part of a shower room at Lincoln Prison has been cordoned off after a patch of w…
02 February 2010 The managing director of a Midlands-based company failed to put in place a manag…
28 January 2010 A care home has been slammed for failing to put necessary safeguards in place to en…
13 January 2010 Health officials confirmed today that two patients have contracted Legionnaires'…
16 October 2009 City and state officials are scrambling for clues to what caused an outbreak of L…
15 October 2009 A POLICE investigation is underway after a second woman who stayed at Pontin's ho…
14 October 2009 POLICE are investigating a further case of Legionnaires’ Disease at the same holi…
14 October 2009 The Health and Safety Executive(HSE) has issued a strong healthwarning after high…
13 October 2009 The Generalitat de Valencia’s health department have confirmed to Europa Press tw…
10 September 2009 http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/hospital-fined-50000-over-legio…
10 September 2009 A second Nottinghamshire care home is to close over concerns about legionella b…
13 August 2009 One patient has died and two others, including an elderly patient, are seriously i…
13 August 2009 A holiday camp in Blackpool is being investigated by health officials after a form…
13 August 2009 The conditions of the two women, who have other underlying health problems, remain…
13 August 2009 East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust said an elderly patient had de…
13 August 2009 The DuPage County Coroner's office says 37-year-old Robert Pierce of Plainfield, a…
13 August 2009 BIRMINGHAM woman is seriously ill in hospital with Legionnaires’ disease after fal…
13 August 2009 A water company which left nursing home residents at greater risk of catching pneu…
13 August 2009 A dad-of-two died of Legionnaires' disease days after taking a dip in a hotel Jacu…
10 August 2009 Beacon Hill School, in Eriff Drive, South Ockendon, closed on Thursday, October 8,…
03 August 2009 A SHEFFIELD civil servant is taking legal action against a hotel after developing…
30 July 2009 ORLANDO, FL -- A woman filed suit last week against LA Fitness, Irvine, CA, after sh…
29 July 2009 The HSE has warned businesses to ensure they carry out regular, simple checks to pro…
10 July 2009 The babies were born at the Ippocration clinic and were less than 2 weeks old when t…
30 June 2009 An investigation is under way after a Sheffield school caretaker contracted legionna…
22 June 2009 The UK’s leading independent legionella risk management and control company, Fineapp…
22 June 2009 The UK’s leading independent legionella risk management and control company, Fineapp…
16 June 2009 Legionella bacteria has been found in water samples from Luton & Dunstable Hospital.…
16 June 2009 HEALTH chiefs are refusing to release details on a woman with the deadly Legionnaire…
15 June 2009 Businesses have been warned by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to be alert to…
13 June 2009 The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found high levels of legionella bacteria in th…
21 May 2009 The Health and Safety Executive found that Apetito, formerly of Crackley Way, Peartre…
13 May 2009 Higher than recommended levels of legionella bacteria were detected as being present…
21 April 2009 Zeta Compliance Group plc have been awarded "Investors in People" accreditation thr…
15 April 2009 Showers at Rainham Recreation Ground in Medway have been cleared of the deadly legi…
17 April 2009 Lewes District Council was forced to close the changing rooms at the Stanley Turner…
14 April 2009 A 96-room Mendon inn that closed last year after repeated outbreaks of Legionnaire'…
09 April 2009 Showers at Rainham Recreation Ground in Medway have been cleared of the deadly legi…
09 April 2009 Beckingham was a senior architect at Barrow Borough Council when there was an outbr…
04 April 2009 Twenty-one NHS trusts have failed to meet hygiene standards set by a new "super-reg…
27 March 2009 Hundreds of workers have been put on alert after their colleague was taken ill with…
20 March 2009 No water will flow from Walsall’s showpiece fountain in the near future because of…
19 March 2009 The consumer affairs programme, which was broadcast March 16, featured holiday make…
18 March 2009 The Centre for Health Protection today confirmed the year's fifth case of Legionnai…
01 February 2009 One of the guests of the Westin Dubai Mina Seyahi, British cricket scorer and br…
30 January 2009 Recently, David Higgs came to an out-of-court arrangement with First Choice, whic…
30 January 2009 Another two men remain in a critical condition at the Chesterfield Royal Hospital…
30 January 2009 Euro News BBC Test Match Special statistician and scorer Bill Frindall has died…
28 January 2009 BBC NEWS: Legionnaires' decision defended Bacteria which can cause the disease w…
27 January 2009 Doctors are carrying out tests to establish the cause of an outbreak of Legionnai…
27 January 2009 FOUR confirmed cases of Legionnaire's disease are being investigated by health au…
23 January 2009 PAINTED POST -- A resident at Absolute Care-Three Rivers Facility along Creekside…
23 January 2009 BBC NEWS: A swimming pool has been closed after elevated levels of legionella bact…
23 January 2009 A 65-year-old man's death on Monday has put the obscure Legionnaires' disease bac…
23 January 2009 Makarios Hospital paediatric department head Dr Andreas Hadjidemetriou said the i…
21 January 2009 Seven people died and 172 were infected after deadly bacteria leaked out of the B…
20 January 2009 THE 55-YEAR-old Serbian patient suffering from Legionnaires’ disease is showing c…
16 January 2009 CPD Accredited Training Accredited by the Chartered Institution of Bu…
12 January 2009 January 2009 sees the launch of the new Fineapply Limited website which has been…
12 January 2009 Further tests on water samples taken from a Discovery Bay spa pool have confirmed…
09 January 2009 A BUSINESSMAN has died after contracting legionnaires disease while on a dream ho…
08 January 2009 NICOSIA, Cyprus - Officials say a third baby has died from an outbreak of Legionn…
08 January 2009 Outbreak claims third baby’s life A THIRD baby died yesterday morning at Nicosia…
05 January 2009 A WARD at Frimley Park Hospital has been evacuated after high levels of bacteria…
03 January 2009 A care home for the elderly in Nottinghamshire will close following concerns abou…
02 January 2009 Zeta Compliance Group plc chairman John Caines has been awarded an OBE (Order of…
01 January 2009 Companies that “play” at health and safety will find it tough to survive the curr…
27 November 2008 Galway University Hospital is to revamp its plumbing system over the next six we…
27 November 2008 The family of a woman who died after contracting Legionnaires’ disease have urge…
19 November 2008 Bacteria that can cause life-threatening Legionnaires Disease has been discovere…
30 October 2008 A FIREMAN at a Dublin station where a water contamination was found was exposed t…
27 October 2008 Climate change could lead to a surge in cases of Legionnaires’ disease, Governme…
27 October 2008 Two Scarborough residents and a recent visitor to the area, who all became ill la…
23 October 2008 LEGIONELLA bacteria - the cause of deadly Legionnaires’ disease - has been discov…
23 October 2008 Legionella Bacteria found in University College Hospital Galway the bacteria w…
23 October 2008 Holt Hall in Netherley was shut without warning and 29 day care users were cleared…
12 October 2008 An investigation is under way after a patient at a Scottish hospital contracted L…
12 October 2008 Published Date: 25 November 2008 By helen bell Tuesday, 1.35pm - DANGEROUS bac…
12 October 2008 A union chief has demanded major safety improvements at Lowestoft’s main fire sta…
09 September 2008 Quality & Environmental Policy Reception Statement The Directors of Zeta Comp…
31 July 2008 Test results show that a patient diagnosed with Legionnaires' disease is likely to h…
08 April 2008 An elderly patient at an Oxford hospital was scalded while taking a bath because th…
31 January 2008 In a recent customer satisfaction survey we’re delighted to say that 80% of the r…
11 January 2008 THE Ross Fountain had to be closed down over fears of an outbreak of the bug whic…
10 January 2008 To mark the European Week, the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoS…
02 January 2008 CPD Legionella Awareness Training Course, Bicester , Tuesday 12th February 2008…
20 September 2007 UK businesses are literally pouring their profits away with the financial equiv…
21 February 2007 More than two-thirds of people in the UK believe, wrongly, that smoke or harmful…
08 January 2007 Healthcare Technical Memorandum 04-01 (HTM 04-01) has recently been released to…
11 December 2006 Over half of the senior NHS Estates personnel questioned in a recent survey, dou…
12 October 2006 We are delighted to announce that our forthcoming seminar in Bristol on 18th Octo…
12 October 2006 We are delighted to be exhibiting at this years show which is the start of a focu…
01 August 2006 Case History This case arose from a legionnaires outbreak which caused 7 fatali…