A safety firm were given a contract to test council houses for asbestos – just months after being prosecuted for failing to remove the potentially lethal substance on one of their own sites.
Exova (UK) Limited won the tender to test homes across South Ayrshire.
But the Post can reveal the same company admitted months earlier to three breaches of the Control of Asbestos Regulations Act.
Despite a fine and heavy criticism from the Health and Safety Executive, bosses at South Ayrshire still handed the firm a contract worth £155,000.
Council's sacked asbestos contractor was prosecuted in court just six months ago - Ayrshire Post
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