July 29, 2020
Draft guidance has been set out to aid applicants seeking to extend construction site working hours introduced in the Business and Planning Bill, enabling changes to working hours to support safe construction working. Read More
July 29, 2020
Passengers travelling in taxis and private hire vehicles (PHVs), including app-based services, will be kept safer under tough new licensing standards introduced by the government. Read More
July 29, 2020
Approximately 350 rail vehicles continue to discharge waste on the tracks, according to a report in Rail Magazine. Read More
July 28, 2020
The Health and Safety Executive has said it is out and about talking to businesses in Blackburn and the surrounding areas to ensure they are COVID-secure to help tackle the coronavirus outbreak. Read More
July 28, 2020
Speed limits through most major roadworks in England will be increased to 60mph, Highways England has announced. Read More
July 28, 2020
People using pubs, restaurants and cafes will soon have greater freedom to choose non-smoking outdoor areas following a Parliamentary amendment to legislation. The Government says a balance has been struck between protecting public health and not imposing additional red tape on businesses. Read More
July 28, 2020
What3words has divided the world into 57 trillion 3m by 3m squares and given each a unique three word ‘address’. It means, a person’s exact location can be pinpointed more accurately than a street name or postcode in the event of an emergency. Read More
July 27, 2020
The HSE has issued a report that shows agriculture has the one of the worst rates of worker fatal injury in Great Britain. Last year, 21 people were killed in agriculture, one was a child. Read More
July 27, 2020
In this webinar, you will learn: The impact on COVID-19 on attitude towards vetting contractors for Health, Safety, Ethnical and Sustainable factors, The top challenges EHS managers face when managing contractors and Tools and techniques EHS managers use to source and manage contractors, and how this may change in a post-COVID-10 environment. Read More
July 27, 2020
Wirral Borough Council has been fined after a branch from a tree fell and struck the vehicle of a pregnant mother while she was driving, resulting in injuries to the mother and the loss of her prematurely born baby. Read More