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Health and Safety Competent Person FAQ

14th March 2019 No Comments

Blog As businesses strive to maintain a safe working environment, questions about the role of a competent person in health and safety often arise. In

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H&S NEWS | Worker loses leg

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A commercial vehicle dealer has been sentenced after an employee was injured in an oil drum blast. The agency worker had been cutting up an

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The guidance employees receive when starting a new job can mean the difference between feeling welcomed into a new team or completely bewildered. Despite this,

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H&S NEWS | Fine after Flour Dust Exposure

17th January 2019 No Comments

Food manufacturers and in particular bakeries are being targeted by the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) for proactive inspections.  In one example, a bakery chain has

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What do you want to happen when a customer walks through the door? Probably straight to your latest promo and then to the till! Was

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4th September 2018 No Comments

Owners and managers of small and medium retail companies have to juggle multiple functions and responsibilities, and often overlook Health & Safety regulations. But workplace

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Owners and managers of care companies, juggling multiple functions and responsibilities, often overlook Health & Safety regulations.    But workplace Health & Safety should be

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Following the tragic fire on 14th June at Grenfell Tower in North Kensington, some of our clients have enquired about what they should be doing

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On becoming an academy school, governing owner-operators take on legal responsibility for the Health & Safety of staff and students. If you govern an academy

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