Grenfell United welcomes Ulster decision to end Kingspan deal Sport Business Grenfell survivors have welcomed Ulster Rugby’s decision to discontinue its stadium naming rights deal with Kingspan, an insulation maker criticised over the London tower block tragedy. Ulster announced this week it had begun the process of removing Kingspan branding from its home ground in Belfast after a long-term sponsorship deal with the local firm, which [...]
Grenfell-linked firms awarded £350m in public sector contracts since fire Business Companies linked to the Grenfell fire have been awarded over £350m in public sector contracts since the building tragically caught fire seven years ago, a new analysis of public sector contracts has revealed. Figures shared with Morning Wire showed that Saint-Gobain, Rydon and Kingspan – which all had connections to the fire – have between [...]
Grenfell: Firms involved to be barred from public contracts, Starmer vows Politics Companies involved in the failings that led to the Grenfell Tower fire tragedy will no longer be awarded government contracts, Sir Keir Starmer has said. The Prime Minister apologised for the disaster – which saw 72 people die in the tower block blaze in June 2017 – in a grave statement to the House of [...]