New Battery Energy Storage Systems Guidance
April 29, 2025Grid-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS) are becoming increasingly important and more common as more renewable energy is generated. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published ...
Managing the Health Risks of Isocyanate Paints in the Workplace
April 29, 2025Ensuring safety in paint spraying Paint spraying, especially with isocyanates, poses serious health risks like asthma and dermatitis. Exposure occurs through inhalation, skin contact, and equi...
A new name for Baily Garner (Health and Safety) Limited
April 15, 2025We are delighted to announce that on the 1st May 2025, Baily Garner (Health and Safety) Limited will become PIB Risk Management Limited. In April 2022, BGHS was acquired by PIB Group Limited a...
50 Years of the HSE and the Health & Safety at Work Act
March 11, 2025This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Established by the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, the HSE was officially launched on 1st January 1975 u...
Building Fire Safety Updated Approved Document B Published
March 11, 2025For building work in England, guidance on how to meet the requirements of the Building Regulations is given in a series of “Approved Documents.” Approved Document B covers fire safety matt...
Protecting Properties Against Flooding
March 11, 2025According to research conducted by the Association of British Insurers, a total of £585 million was paid out for weather-related damage to people’s homes and possessions in 2024. This is a ...
The Building Safety Act – Are you meeting your legal responsibilities?
February 20, 2025The Building Safety Act 2022 (BSA) enforces stricter regulations and oversight across construction and related sectors. The Act goes beyond CDM 2015 and the Building Regulations Act 2012, sett...
Reasonable adjustments for neurodiverse employees
February 14, 2025It is a well-established principle of equality legislation that employers have a duty to make reasonable adjustments to support disabled workers. What is reasonable will depend on the partic...
New business waste and recycling rules in England
February 14, 2025Individuals, households, businesses and other organisations all have a duty of care to take reasonable steps to ensure that their waste is disposed of responsibly. Similar to the way that mo...
Managing exposure to bird flu
February 14, 2025There have been several outbreaks of avian influenza in the UK; while bird-to-human transmission of the disease is rare, this is possible and has happened a small number of times. Typically th...
Hazards of installing stone worktops
February 13, 2025Silica is a natural substance found in most stone, rocks, sand, quartz and clay. This can be released as dust during a number of tasks. Some of the dust created when working with this materi...
Furniture fire safety standards – an update
February 13, 2025Previously we reported how the Department for Business and Trade and the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) had begun a consultation process looking at a new approach to dealing wi...
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