The Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) is asking for comments from stakeholders on planned changes to the way in which marine accidents are investigated in the UK.

Prime Minister David Cameron has nominated PPE manufacturer JSP for the ‘Made by Britain’ project – a joint initiative between the Associate Parliamentary Manufacturing Group (APMG) and the 1851 Royal Commission aimed at boosting the profile of British manufacturing.

As councils and housing providers increasingly turn to solar energy to help residents reduce their household energy bills as well as their impact on the environment, they need to know how to manage the risks to their workforce when carrying out tasks above ground level.

By racking up more than 8700 days free of lost-time accidents (LTAs) in its manufacturing and sales and distribution sites, LINPAC Packaging has recorded its best ever health and safety performance.

The importance of not ignoring mental-health issues in the workplace has once again been emphasised to employers by the publication of new claims statistics from a leading insurer.

Farm safety is high on the agenda throughout the UK with the launch of three initiatives in different parts of the country last week.

A university has been praised by the HSE for its commitment to safety by providing free training over and above the legal minimum requirement.

Regularly working long hours compared with a routine of seven or eight hours can more than double the risk of depression, a major study has found.

Proposed changes to the legal requirements covering workplace safety signs have prompted health and safety products distributor Arco to introduce a new reference catalogue to aid compliance.

The Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) has issued revised guidance for rail companies about managing fatigue among staff.