The HSE has issued a safety alert following the recent deaths of two children involving automatic sliding gates.

Seaward has published two free booklets, which provide guidance on electrical safety testing in the workplace.

Innovation is crucial in health and safety if people are to continue to be protected from hazards that are arising and evolving all the time in the world around us – and particularly in the workplace.

The entire library of codes of practice and best practice guides for the door and hardware industry are now available for free download from the Door and Hardware Federation (DHF) website.

Forklift truck supplier Briggs Equipment has won a prestigious technology and innovation award for its ‘Speedshield’ asset management tool.

Waste management services firm Veolia Environmental Services has been won a European award for exemplary SHE performance.

Cardinus Risk Management is offering free advice and services to small businesses.

Reynolds Training Services (RTS) Ltd has been awarded accreditation by the National Skills Academy Process Industry (NSAPI) as an Academy Centre for Technical Competence.

I first became involved in health and safety in the early 1990s, when I was working at a steel forging company. I was an apprentice at the time and was asked to help the safety manager with the implementation of the European ‘Six Pack’ of regulations. So, in a nutshell, my first involvement was simply helping out.

Two students from Nottingham Trent University have received awards from health and safety recruitment agency Shirley Parsons Associates (SPA).