A flammable cladding removal and replacement company has been fined £240,000 for leaving “dangerous” combustible material similar to that used on Grenfell Tower lying on balconies at a Liverpool housing block. 

London-based firm Green Facades, which was established in the wake of the Grenfell Tower tragedy, had been contracted to remove aluminium composite panels and combustible insulation material from The Circle, an eight-storey building on Henry Street in Liverpool.

An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), a non-departmental government regulator for workplace health and safety, found that Green Facades “had failed to take appropriate precautions to address the risk of fire and to ensure the safety of residents, workers, and others.”