Big brother’s star builder ‘steps up’ to promote ladder safety

Professional builder and Big Brother star Craig Phillips says ‘safety’ is key when working with ladders. The construction entrepreneur and winner of the first series of the reality show today gave his support to the Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) ladder safety campaign for 2009.

The campaign centres around a ‘ladder exchange’ which gives everyone the opportunity to get rid of old, damaged and broken ladders and trade them for new ones.

Over 5000 ladders have been exchanged under this scheme since it first launched in 2007. Read more