Interim DVSA Process for Testing Hydrogen Powered Vehicles
August 24, 2023While hydrogen fuelled vehicles are not yet widely available, their use is expected to increase, and such vehicles will need to be subject to the usual statutory testing regimes. The DVSA has ...
Time is Running Out To Register Your High Rise Building – Act now!
August 11, 2023Background Paul Lennon, Executive Director & Head of Strategy for PIB Risk Management, provides insight into the requirement to register your high rise building. In June 2017 a fire started in...
Latest Workplace Fatality Statistics Released
August 9, 2023The HSE have published figures for work-related fatalities in Great Britain for the period of 2022 to 2023. During this period a total of 135 workers were killed in work related incidents. W...
New Fire Safety Guidance for Responsible Persons
August 9, 2023In England and Wales the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 sets out the duties that apply to persons responsible for fire safety in non-domestic premises such as workplaces and in the...
Fire Alarm Response in Scotland
August 8, 2023Individual fire authorities are responsible for creating appropriate strategies for their own area. With limited resources and many calls on those resources fire authorities have to make dif...
Regulating The Building Control Profession
August 8, 2023Following on from the enquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire the Building Safety Act 2022 is introducing a number of significant changes to the Building Safety regime in England. One of these ch...
Updated Code of Practice on Load Security
August 8, 2023The DVSA has worked alongside the HSE to produce an updated code of practice covering the safe loading, unloading and transportation of goods in heavy goods vehicles, trailers, vans, and cars....
Causes of Fatal Accidents and Ill Health
August 8, 2023The recent workplace fatality statistics published by the HSE also break those statistics down by the type of accident. The most common types of fatal accident during 2022/23 were: falls from ...
New Sentencing Guidelines for Motoring Offences in England and Wales
August 8, 2023Following a consultation the Independent Sentencing Council has published 6 new and 6 revised sentencing guidelines for motoring offences in England and Wales. The Independent Sentencing Counc...
Pop-up Toilets Safety Notice
August 7, 2023The HSE recently issued a safety notice regarding a risk of crushing for persons involved in the maintenance of pop-up toilets. The safety notice follows a fatal accident where an individual w...
New Guidance for Electric Vehicles in Covered Car Parks
August 4, 2023A new set of interim guidance has been released by the government regarding the charging of electric vehicles (EV) and installation of charging points in covered car parks. The guidance was pu...
Investigating Bus Fires
August 4, 2023Following an increase in the number of bus fires reported to the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) an investigation was launched into reported fires between 2020 and 2022. The DVSA ha...
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