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HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC – that’s the taxman to me and you) is encouraging construction workers who pay to replace or repair their work equipment to check to see if they can claim cash back.  Roofing contractors are often self-employed in the UK which means that they are responsible for self-assessment and paying their income tax.  This means that you can also offset some of your expenditure against tax, reducing your taxable income by deducting certain work expenses from it.

Working on a roof is dangerous, that’s a fact – it’s why we have such stringent health and safety legislation on health and safety in the workplace here in the UK.  Whilst falls from height still account for the majority of the fatalities and life changing injuries, a fall is not the only hazard to take into account when it comes to roofing work and construction work in general.  In the roofing industry, we tend to focus on falls from height as this is an obvious danger that we all need to be aware of.  Today we’re going to take a look at two of the other most common risks involved in order