The Ladder Association was shocked to see footage of a recent accident, caught on a driver’s dashcam, involving two men falling from a scaffold tower and ladder in Buckingham, UK. It was nothing short of a miracle that the men appear to have escaped serious injury, or even worse, as they plummeted to the groundMore Info
Ladders appear on the Weatherfield Cobbles For all you Corrie fans, did you catch last Wednesday’s episode featuring the scene on an extension ladder? If you missed it, poor window cleaner Gav had never been up a ladder before, so Tim stepped in to show him the ropes (catching out Tracy Barlow in the process…butMore Info
Peter Bennett OBE talks on The Roofing Show Our Executive Director, Peter Bennett OBE, was a guest recently on Fix Radio’s ‘The Roofing Show’ podcast with Danny Madden, alongside Alistair Kerr (Annandale Roofing) on the topic of Falls from Height. Danny, Fix Radio’s ‘Roofer of the Year 2022’ and a third-generation roofer, was brave enoughMore Info
The Ladder Association has enjoyed a record-breaking year, with particularly strong growth in LadderCard numbers from our training members. We’re delighted to have trained over 15,300 delegates in 2023 thanks to a consistently positive year and a record-breaking November, in which 1889 delegates were trained in that month alone! That’s the highest number in aMore Info
Latest research commissioned by the Ladder Association has again raised serious concerns that unsafe and potentially dangerous ladders continue to be sold via online platforms to unsuspecting consumers in the UK. The market surveillance study, part of the Ladder Association’s ongoing ‘Step Up to Safe Ladders’ campaign, found that 70% of the commercially-available multipurpose laddersMore Info
Unsafe and potentially dangerous ladders continue to be sold online to unsuspecting consumers in the UK, according to our new safety report. This warning, from the Ladder Association, comes as millions of Britons prepare to spend the upcoming hat-trick of May Bank Holiday weekends doing DIY and home improvements. The latest report is aMore Info
The Ladder Association continues its overseas expansion by welcoming two new Training Members in the Middle East, Al Laith Scaffolding LLC and Simian International. Dubai-based Al Laith is a well-known supplier of a range of construction and events scaffolding structures across the UAE, having serviced the region for almost 30 years. Simian International offerMore Info
The Ladder Association has placed its full support behind an open letter to the Secretary of State for the Department for Business and Trade, the Rt Hon Kemi Badenoch, urging the Government to immediately release the long-awaited Product Safety Review, and address the sale of dangerous goods from online marketplaces once and for all. TheMore Info
Today on International Women’s Day, we celebrate Ladder Association Chairman, Gail Hounslea! Gail has over 20 years’ experience working with ladders. Her astute business brain and entrepreneurial spirit meant she spotted a gap in the market in 2004 and founded her own ladder supply company, Ladderstore. Since then, she has worked tirelessly across the (predominantlyMore Info
Last week we were delighted to attend the Trade Association Forum (TAF) Awards in London. As a TAF member for a number of years now, we were proud to be shortlisted for ‘Sector Representation of the Year’ as a result of our successful collaborations with the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS), Trading Standards,More Info
