Every company, no matter the industry, deals with difficult problems and issues each day. Crisis comes in different intensities and during the last year, we have been faced with a pandemic at the high end…
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It's been a year since the UK went in to lockdown. Overnight everything changed for me. The pause button was pressed on the business and almost all of the team were furloughed. I didn't quite…
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To achieve success in health and safety management, there needs to be effective communication up, down and across the organisation. Organisations need to communicate information to their workers on the risk to their health and…
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As the pandemic continues, employers are having to adapt their working environments to manage the risk posed by coronavirus, with essential businesses remaining open and operational. Maintaining COVID compliance in the workplace is vital and…
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These days there is a necessity for working remotely, and attending classes or meetings virtually, This isn't a bad thing because there are so many distinct benefits to virtual learning as opposed to traditional learning.…
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A principal designer is a designer who is an organisation or individual (on smaller projects) appointed by the client to take control of the pre-construction phase of any project involving more than one contractor. Principal…
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As working from home becomes the new normal, promoting employee wellbeing and identifying steps employers can take to maintain a healthy workforce, has never been so important. The Coronavirus pandemic is changing where and how…
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A total of 38.8 million working days were lost because of work-related illness and workplace injury in 2019/20, with mental health responsible for over half of all sickness absences in the last year, according to…
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Virtual reality-based training (VRBT) is an interactive and immersive teaching method that employs technology to provide virtual scenarios to simulate situations that might occur in actual settings. Virtual reality training for health and safety is…
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With many businesses looking to bring teams back either from furlough or from an extended period of working from home, the risk of a second wave of infections or putting their families in unnecessary danger…
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The British and European safety standard BS EN1176 and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) strongly recommend that all play areas have at least one inspection every year from an independent suitably qualified body such as…
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As lockdown measures continue to ease, and businesses look to reopen (based on different restrictions in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland), employers must plan managing a safe return to work in a way that…
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Banning tyres aged 10 years and older from HGVs in England, Scotland and Wales has been introduced under new rules to help improve road safety. The ban, which will also affect buses and coaches, follows…
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As many staff now find themselves working from home, and begin to adjust and acclimatise to the technology enabling them to do so, it is likely that the day to day reality of working activities…
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Many companies already enjoy the benefits of outsourcing health and safety management. From company policies to procedures, there is a lot involved in health and safety compliance which may often feel overwhelming. The choice to hire a…
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As we continue to work, adapt and live in these unprecedented times, it seems a long time ago, that our "normal" lives were thrown upside down and we were led into new territory, and a new…
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