Mastering Workplace Ergonomics
Mastering Workplace Ergonomics: The Key to Health and Productivity Introduction In today’s fast-paced professional landscape, ensuring the well-being and…
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Navigating the Complex Landscape of Construction Supply Chain Issues
Demand Forecasting Challenges Demand forecasting is often a delicate balancing act for construction companies facing construction supply chain issues.…
Employee’s burning out is on the rise, when you ask someone if they are burnt out at work you’ll…
Unconscious Bias in the UK: A Closer Examination
Introduction: Unconscious bias refers to the subtle, ingrained biases that individuals possess without conscious awareness. These biases can influence…
The Importance of Fire Door Inspections in the UK: Safeguarding Lives and Complying with Regulations
Introduction: Fire safety is of utmost importance in any building, and fire doors play a critical role in preventing…
The Power of Simplicity in Health and Safety
Introduction: In today’s complex and fast-paced world, simplicity often takes a back seat. However, when it comes to health…
Understanding the New Fire Safety Requirements for Buildings: A Layman’s Guide
Introduction: In recent years, there have been changes to the Fire Safety Order in the UK, which affects the…
Health and Safety Executive will no longer serve as the Building Safety Regulator.
This comes shortly after Peter Baker retires as the head of the Building Safety Regulator. This amendment proposes a…
Recent Changes to Fire Regulations in the UK
Introduction: Fire safety is a critical aspect of building management, ensuring the protection of lives and properties. In the…
Unlocking Success with SSIP Accreditation Assistance
Introduction: For businesses operating in industries such as construction, engineering, and facilities management, navigating the complex landscape of health…
Training & Instruction, also known as safety meetings or tailgate meetings, are short, focused discussions held by organisations to…
Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations
The Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations were born in 1992, born in a different time as far as…
Enhancing H&S in the UK: A Journey since 1974
Enhancing H&S in the UK: A Journey since 1974, Introduction: The United Kingdom has made significant strides in improving…
Accidents at work have improved significantly since 1974
Accidents at work have improved significantly since 1974 due to various factors, including: Strengthened Legislation: The introduction of the…
The Vital Role of a Principal Designer in Ensuring Construction Safety
Introduction When embarking on a construction project, safety should always be a top priority. One key individual responsible for…
Having a wellbeing policy as an employer benefit you in several different ways, with the main reason being that…
A probationary period is a period set out by an employer so they can assess whether an employee is…
Everyone makes personal resolutions when it comes to the new year, but have you ever thought about workplace resolutions?…
There are many ways in which employees can injure themselves in the workplace. As employers we have a duty…
What ‘R’ the real issues of a return to work.
As the Government wrestles with the philosophy of wealth versus health what are the real issues preventing us from…
Initial Findings from the Grenfell Disaster
Key Learning Points to Manage Fire Safety in Your Buildings The horror of the Grenfell tragedy hopefully marks a…
Why is Health & Safety Training important?
Health and safety training is a huge priority in our workplaces. Well over 200 people are killed each year…
Living with COVID-19 – What doe’s it mean to employers?
As employers do we live with COVID-19? After the publication of the government’s plan for ‘Living with COVID’ in…
CDM (Construction Design and Management) Roles and Responsibilities
It is worth reflecting on where you sit in the CDM process as this will determine your statutory duties…
Fire Safety – The Updated Definitive Guide
Fire Safety- A Definitive Guide Fire Safety is not only important but crucial as fire is a direct and…
Site Manager and Director Sentenced after employee crushed to death.
A waste recycling company, its director, their and site manager have been sentenced after the death of an employee…
HSE ‘putting firms on the spot’ over COVID
The HSE say they carried out over 1,000 spot checks in the first few weeks after it resumed inspections.…
Why Should We Train Our Staff in First Aid?
After the last traumatic year where all face-to-face training suffered we need to take stock of what training has…
Appraisals are essential for all businesses. They are there to better employees, in turn making them more productive whilst…
Preventing Injury In The Workplace
There are many ways in which employees can injure themselves in the workplace. As employers we have a duty…
In a business there is always a way in which we can improve our safety culture, in this blog…
So, it started with a majority of us working from offices, then COVID hit us and the majority of…
Employee engagement has a huge impact on how successful a business is. If your employees are engaged they should…
Is Damp in properties an issue?
Damp in properties can be a serious issue, especially when it’s left untreated. Did you know at least 1…
As a business increasing employee retention should always be a huge priority. Nowadays employees don’t stay with their employers…
Portable Appliance Testing (PAT) is the term used to describe the examination of electrical equipment and appliances to ensure…
Right To Work In The UK Update
There tends to be a lot of confusion with regards to when it comes to taking on new staff…
Why Should We Use A COSHH Assessment
There are many reasons why we require COSHH Assessments within our workplace, take a look below at what we…
A recent report by the Campaign to Protect Rural England reports that as many as 1.4 million brownfield sites could be…
Welding Fumes Changes in Law coming
Welding Fumes Law Changes There is some evidence that some forms of welding are linked to COPD, Occupational Asthma…
People and vehicles do not mix!
Injuries suffered by pedestrians being struck by vehicles within the workplace continue to happen as companies fail to either…
The HSE has recently conducted a survey of the role of Health and safety Consultants and the service they…
7 Reasons Why You Need Professional Health and Safety Risks Assessments Many companies worth their salt engage health and safety…
One third of all road traffic collisions involve someone driving at work, so both Employers and employees share the…
The UK has, consistently, the lowest workplace fatality rates in the EU. On average we suffer around 1 workplace…
The Great British Standstill…….. Whether we leave the EU in the short term, the long term, never, or in…
There are many issues in society today with regard to the availability and use of psychoactive substances, some of…
Thousands of people go on a training course each year to learn first aid skills such as how to…
Health and Safety from Scratch!
How to organise your Companies’ health and safety. When you set up a small business there are many pressures…