The effects of the Boxing Day floods across the north of England and Scotland last year have been devastating for many small businesses.
Two incidents involving serious injuries to workers has led to a Suffolk furniture firm and its health and safety consultants being fined for safety failings.
A number of shops on Allerton Road in Liverpool have been badly damaged after a man lost control of his car and smashed through a barrier.
A construction firm based in London has been sentenced and fined for several safety failings, after an investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
A self-employed contract worker has been sentenced at Swansea Magistrates’ Court after an employee was fatally crushed when a trench collapsed.