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BUILDING SAFETY ACT: BESA PUBLISHES CHECKLIST TO HELP PREPARE

BUILDING SAFETY ACT: BESA PUBLISHES CHECKLIST TO HELP PREPARE

The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has published a checklist of key actions to help building owners and operators prepare for the radical health and safety changes contained in the...
MIPS AND ARCO ANNOUNCE HEAD PROTECTION EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP

MIPS AND ARCO ANNOUNCE HEAD PROTECTION EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP

Mips, a helmet-based safety technology company announces an education partnership on head protection with Arco, the UK's leading safety experts. The Education Partnership aims to improve...
ROSPA ISSUES PRECAUTIONARY ADVICE TO THE UK PUBLIC

ROSPA ISSUES PRECAUTIONARY ADVICE TO THE UK PUBLIC

In a first for RoSPA, leading policy spokespeople from across the charity's focuses, such as road, leisure and home safety, have collaborated to produce essential safety advice in response to the...
CARLSBERG FINED £3M FOLLOWING 2016 AMMONIA GAS LEAK

CARLSBERG FINED £3M FOLLOWING 2016 AMMONIA GAS LEAK

Carlsberg has been fined £3m after a contractor died and another was seriously injured following an ammonia gas leak at one of its breweries. The incident happened at Carlsberg’s site...
 Peter McGettrick, British Safety Council Chairman, with MPs Dr Rosena Allin-Khan, Shadow Minister for Mental Health (left) and Wendy Chamberlain, Lib Dem Spokesperson on Work and Pensions (right)

‘WELLBEING SHOULD BE AS IMPORTANT AS H&S’ SAYS BRITISH SAFETY COUNCIL CHAIRMAN

At the start of World Wellbeing Week, which takes place from 27 June to 1 July, the Chairman of British Safety Council, Peter McGettrick, has issued a rallying cry to all businesses and employers to...
ECOONLINE ACQUIRES LONE WORKER PROTECTION SPECIALIST STAYSAFE

ECOONLINE ACQUIRES STAYSAFE

Digital health and safety specialist EcoOnline has acquired StaySafe, a leading provider of cloud-based monitoring solutions that ensures workers in remote or risky environments have...
SafetyCulture survey finds frontline workers feel management out of touch

FRONTLINE WORKERS SAY MANAGEMENT FEELS “OUT OF TOUCH”

A new survey has revealed a widening divide between frontline workers and their HQ counterparts. More than one in three (40%) of frontline workers said management is “out of touch” with...
FORMER COMPANY DIRECTORS SENTENCED ASBESTOS EXPOSURE INCIDENT

FORMER COMPANY DIRECTORS SENTENCED ASBESTOS EXPOSURE INCIDENT

Two former company directors have been sentenced and fined after a refurbishment project at a former department store was found to have disturbed asbestos containing materials (ACMs) while...
SKIPASUND FOUNDATION DONATES VITAL PPE TO FRONTLINE WORKERS IN UKRAINE

SKIPASUND FOUNDATION DONATES VITAL PPE TO UKRAINE

Manchester-based charity The Skipasund Foundation has donated more than £1m of PPE to support international aid efforts in Ukraine following its invasion by Russia.  More than 220,000...
Naz Dossa, Chief Executive of Peoplesafe

EMPLOYERS UNDERESTIMATE PERSONAL SAFETY FEARS OF 6.8M WORKERS

A landmark study into perceptions of personal safety at work found 6.8 million workers worry about their safety each week, while the majority of employers underestimate the level of...

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