• Video of Chinese Fireworks TV interview on Calendar (Local news) about firework safety and "mischief night"
  
  
• As above but this time the interview is with the Look North (BBC) team
  
  
• Rocket Man who makes sparks fly An interview with Shay Popat Sheffield Star 2 November 2009
• Still a Bright Outlook, Fiona Firth interviews Shay Popat of Chinese Fireworks in Sheffield Star Business Monthly December 3 2008
• Enjoy your fireworks but please stay safe, an article by Shay Popat of Chinese Fireworks in Sheffield Star October 30 2008
• 20 Questions, an interview with Shay Popat of Chinese Fireworks Sheffield Star Nov 8 2004
• Shay, MD of Chinese fireworks, has been interviewed on local radio several times over the years. Click description to play.
• Chinese Fireworks radio advert on Hallam FM
• Mischief Night interview on Hallam FM
• A historic recording - Rony Robinson interviews Shay in 1995! (40 minutes)
• Another historic recording - Rony Robinson interviews Shay in 1995! (6 minutes)
• Letter from South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service thanking Chinese Fireworks for our help and cooperation
• Letter to South Yorkshire police from Shay about 2007 Operation Mischief

• Midland Bank (now HSBC)
• Crystal Peaks
• Trinifold Management ltd, London
• 39 Engineer Regiment
• Birkdale School
• Rotherham City Council
• Sheffield High School
• Chatsworth House
• 9th Regiment, Army Air Corps
• BLP Group, Doncaster
• South Yorkshire Police
• Defence School of Transport

• A series of letters to and from the DTI and local MP Richard Caborn about firework safety legislation. This is an Adobe Acrobat PDF, approx 1MB

Since 1 January 2007 The UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has required that fireworks supplied in the UK conform to new United Nations guidelines (UN/ADR). The review and change came about as the result of an explosion in a fireworks company in the Netherlands in 2000.

The types and the amounts of explosives permitted have changed.

This is good in that it makes firework displays safer but unfortunately it does also mean that some effects are less impressive than they would have been with more powerful and larger quantities of explosives.

In particular some of the larger rockets are no longer available. All UK firework retailers are affected and any continuing to supply old stock after the transition period will be liable to prosecution.

Chinese Fireworks will continue to provide the most spectacular fireworks available. Although precise formulations have been modified we continue to work closely with our manufacturers to develop the best possible displays within the limits of the new safety requirements.