Manage dangerous substances campaign launched
May 29, 2018The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work have launched a two-year Healthy Workplaces Manage Dangerous Substances campaign. The campaign aims to raise awareness of the importance of ...
Mobile cranes and the new road-worthiness rules
May 29, 2018Following changes to EU directives new rules came into force on 20th May 2018 which remove or modify previous exemptions from the requirement for annual roadworthiness tests for several catego...
Medicine, manufacturing, testing, teaching – does your work involve ionising radiation?
May 29, 2018Ionising radiation can be found in a number of industries including nuclear, medical and veterinary, manufacturing, engineering, non-destructive testing, research, teaching, radiography and ot...
Extra flexibility for landlords’ gas safety checks
May 29, 2018Gas safety regulations place duties on landlords to ensure gas appliances, fittings and flues provided for tenants’ use are safe. Part of this includes making sure that an annual safety chec...
Same licence, bigger van
May 29, 2018The UK Government has made various commitments to reducing pollution and the emissions of greenhouse gasses. Part of this commitment includes encouraging the use of low emission vehicles. One ...
PIB Risk Management releases an introductory film
March 6, 2018PIB Group recently launched PIB Risk Management, a new venture which merged two of its existing businesses, Sigerson Associates and Ford Risk Management. Following the launch of the new...
Building safely with nano-materials
January 27, 2018Very small things can have particular properties that make them useful in all sorts of situations including providing water repellent coatings for glass and other materials, increasing the str...
Why not make assessing DSE your New Year resolution?
January 27, 2018Working with Display Screen Equipment (DSE) may not be the highest risk activity that is carried out in your workplace but with the proliferation of computers, laptops, tablets, smartphones an...
The importance of Health & Safety training
January 27, 2018Training staff is a statutory requirement and an essential part of managing risk within any organisation. The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 emphasises the importance of health and sa...
Does your organisation have the correct fire safety measures in place?
January 27, 2018Fires are a serious risk for organisations of all types. It’s up to you as the business owner/employer to take the correct precautions to keep yourself and your co-workers safe from fire haz...
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