The Site Safety Shortcut – Cutting Corners at Your Expense

A plumber from Suffolk who conned vulnerable customers out of £30,000 and left them with unsafe and unfinished work has been jailed. Grant Phillips, 45, of Heron Road, Ipswich, admitted to fraudulent trading and was sentenced to 26 months in prison at Ipswich Crown Court. Between April 2021 and October 2023, Phillips took payments from …

A full-time carer who thought she was hiring reputable tradesmen has been left £13,000 out of pocket and with a damaged roof — after falling victim to two separate rogue builders. Andrea Giles* says she “fell for the patter” of smooth-talking roofers who promised quick repairs but left her with a wrecked property and no …

A Norfolk Scout group has been left facing a £50,000 shortfall and an unfinished building project after their contractor went into liquidation. The 1st Belton Scouts, based near Great Yarmouth, had been awarded a £292,000 government grant through the Youth Investment Fund to extend and double the size of their headquarters — a long-awaited project …