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NEBOSH SEARCHING FOR ‘TRANSFORMATIONAL’ CHIEF EXECUTIVE

NEBOSH SEARCHING FOR ‘TRANSFORMATIONAL’ CHIEF EXECUTIVE

NEBOSH, a health, safety and environmental organisation, has begun recruitment for a new Chief Executive. Over the past 40 years nearly half a million people in over 130 countries have studied...
HSE URGES BLACKBURN BUSINESSES TO BECOME COVID-SECURE

HSE URGES BLACKBURN BUSINESSES TO BECOME COVID-SECURE

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has been out visiting businesses in Blackburn and the surrounding areas to ensure they are COVID-secure to help tackle the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. ...
SHP Launches Safety & Health Podcast

SHP Launches Safety & Health Podcast

Health, safety and wellbeing is more important than ever. With COVID-19 transforming the way think about personal safety and wellness at work, and the profession coming under scrutiny in the media,...
MAJORITY WON'T VISIT EATERIES WITHOUT SAFETY MEASURES

MAJORITY WON'T VISIT EATERIES WITHOUT SAFETY MEASURES

Seven in ten UK adults would avoid visiting eateries if their first impression didn’t make them feel safe, according to a new study.  In research commissioned by specialist hygiene...
AGRICULTURE HAS THE HIGHEST RATES OF FATALITIES

AGRICULTURE HAS THE HIGHEST RATES OF FATALITIES

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published a report that reveals agriculture has the worst rate of worker fatal injury in Great Britain. Last year, 21 people were killed in agriculture, one...
GOVERNMENT BANS OLD TYRES FROM ROADS

GOVERNMENT BANS OLD TYRES FROM ROADS

Tyres aged 10 years and older will be banned from lorries, buses and coaches on roads in England, Scotland and Wales in a boost to road safety, Roads Minister Baroness Vere has announced. The ban...
WHO FINALLY BACKS STANCE ON AIRBORNE COVID-19 THREAT

WHO FINALLY BACKS STANCE ON AIRBORNE COVID-19 THREAT

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has belatedly acknowledged the threat posed by airborne transmission of the coronavirus following months of warnings from ventilation and air quality experts. ...
UK FACTORIES MUST BE SAFE AND TRANSPARENT

UK FACTORIES MUST BE SAFE AND TRANSPARENT

A focus on the treatment of workers in Leicester’s garment factories, created by a damning new report, is “much-needed”, according to the Institution of Occupational Safety and...
CONSULTANT FINED FOR PROVIDING INCOMPETENT ADVICE

CONSULTANT FINED FOR PROVIDING INCOMPETENT ADVICE

A self-employed consultant was fined for breach of legislation for providing health and safety advice on technical and complex matters while not being qualified to advise his clients. Luton Crown...
Social Distancing

BECOMING COVID-SECURE SHOULD BE PRIORITY, SAYS HSE

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is calling for businesses in Great Britain to make sure they’re COVID-secure. Inspectors are out and about, putting employers on the spot and checking...

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