The government has announced that the HSE and local authorities will be banned from completing safety inspections of low-risk premises. What’s to know?
Published 24.09.2012
Although you’ve always been under the impression that it was up to you to identify safe systems of work, some of your larger clients are insisting that you follow their ways of working instead.
Should you stand your ground or go with the flow?
Published 21.11.2014
The government has just issued new regulations that deal with staff competence regarding who manages fire safety issues. What’s to know?
Published 23.04.2010
You’ve heard that the Fire & Rescue Service is encouraging businesses to reduce the number of extinguishers they have. Is this right?
Published 18.12.2017
Requests for holiday during the upcoming Olympics are still coming thick and fast. Is this likely to create any health and safety headaches that you should be preparing for now?
Published 18.06.2012
If there’s a fire, would you encourage staff to tackle it? If so, following the result of an HSE prosecution, you might want to think again. What do you need to know?
Published 09.06.2014
There’s a new British Standard for lift working. As a client using contractors for lift servicing, what, if anything, does it expect of you and is it compulsory to comply with it?
Published 16.04.2013
A property developer has recently been prosecuted and fined by the HSE because he employed a contractor who wasn’t capable of completing work safely. What can be learned from this particular case?
Published 04.01.2010
The Employment Agency Standards (EAS) inspectorate has reported that eleven out of twelve employment agencies it investigated were failing in their health and safety duties. How might this affect
you?
Published 01.03.2010
Thanks to mobile phone technology and concerned individuals, inspectors are being alerted when safety standards aren’t being met. What’s to know?
Published 21.11.2014