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Injured workers should retain fair access to legal representation

Injured workers should retain fair access to legal representation

The British Safety Council, a charity and corporate membership organisation which for over 60 years has been campaigning to protect workers, improve workplace conditions and practices, expressed its...
IOSH helps enhance standards in Bulgaria

IOSH helps enhance standards in Bulgaria

An international tripartite collaboration has created new continuous development opportunities for health and safety professionals in Europe. IOSH has supported the Bulgarian Foundation Center...
Jim Kirkwood

TTC CELEBRATES 25 YEARS OF DRIVING CHANGE

One of the UK’s leading learning and development companies is celebrating its 25-year anniversary in style, after educating more than 2.7 million drivers and cyclists across the UK. ...
British Safety Council announces winners of the 2018 Sword of Honour and Globe of Honour awards

Sword of Honour and Globe of Honour awards winners 2018

The British Safety Council has announced the winners of this year’s Sword of Honour and Globe of Honour awards for the exemplary management of health, safety and environmental risks by...
Improper PPE use cost businesses in high-risk environments £79bn

Improper PPE use cost businesses £79bn

The improper use of personal protective equipment (PPE) has cost businesses operating in high-risk environments an estimated £79bn in the last year, according to new figures from vision AI...
 ONE IN FOUR LEAVE JOB DUE TO MENTAL HEALTH

ONE IN FOUR LEAVE JOB DUE TO MENTAL HEALTH

One in four people working in human resources and administration has left a job due to mental health problems, research by first aid charity St John Ambulance has found.    The...
Mates in Mind Comment on Developments to Britain’s Mental Health

Mates in Mind Comment on Developments to Britain’s Mental health

Today Britain’s first Minister for Mental health, Inequalities and Suicide Prevention Mrs Doyle-Price was appointed ready for World Mental Health Day 2018. Mates in Mind says it welcomes this...
Employee health at risk from poor financial wellbeing

Employee health at risk from poor financial wellbeing

A third of UK employers (34%) think that high employee stress levels are a direct consequence of their staff not having enough savings, including pensions, according to the latest Close Brothers...
 BSC ANNUAL CONFERENCE LOOKS AT FRESH CHALLENGES

BSC ANNUAL CONFERENCE LOOKS AT FRESH CHALLENGES

One of the major events in the health & safety calendar is fast approaching. The British Safety Council is holding its 10th Annual Conference ‘Health and safety in uncertain times’...
 COMBUSTIBLE CLADDING BAN SHOULD APPLY TO ALL HIGH-RISES

COMBUSTIBLE CLADDING BAN SHOULD APPLY TO ALL HIGH-RISES

A ban on combustible cladding in the UK should apply to all new high-rise buildings, the chartered body for safety and health professionals has said. Housing Secretary James Brokenshire announced...

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