The co-owner of a South Lakeland farm has been sentenced after an employee was found dead under the wheel of a tractor.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted Stuart Webster following the death of Thomas Phizacklea at Aurora Park Farm in Scales near...

As part of our ongoing Invest in South Lakeland Programme, SLDC are holding a free Business Lunch and Networking Event on Wednesday 13 March 2013 at 1...
A European campaign begins today (11 March 2013) which aims to ensure that people who are in vehicles are belting up and wearing their seat belts. Pol...
An advertising campaign heralding the biggest overhaul of the PAYE system in almost 70 years was launched today by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). The...
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is urging new businesses which need to register for VAT to do it online, rather than on paper. Registering for VAT onlin...
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is today reminding people with an income over £60,000 whose family is still receiving Child Benefit to opt out before 28...
There may be choppy waters ahead for the resourcing of local public services but the elected Member with overall responsibility for Eden District Coun...
A search is being launched to find 1,000 new exporters in the North West during 2013, to help give a boost to the region’s economy. UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) – the government body that...
As the 31 January filing deadline is just weeks away, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is calling on anyone who hasn’t sent in their 2011-12 tax return to do it now – and find “inner peace”. HMRC found...
The top tax criminals of 2012 have been sentenced to a combined total of 155 years and 10 months behind bars, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) announced today. Over 30 of the UK’s top tax cheats are...
Employers are being urged to focus on the real risks affecting workers after six people lost their lives while at work in Cumbria last year and 215 suffered a major injury. The Health and Safety...