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Snickers Workwear summer Topwear two-pack T-shirts

Stay Cool and Smart with Snickers

Lightweight shirts, shorts and trousers make working on site a breeze this summer. To maintain wellbeing and working efficiency on site, everyone needs to be cool, dry and safe at work in the...
WHO FINALLY BACKS STANCE ON AIRBORNE COVID-19 THREAT

WHO FINALLY BACKS STANCE ON AIRBORNE COVID-19 THREAT

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has belatedly acknowledged the threat posed by airborne transmission of the coronavirus following months of warnings from ventilation and air quality experts. ...
UK FACTORIES MUST BE SAFE AND TRANSPARENT

UK FACTORIES MUST BE SAFE AND TRANSPARENT

A focus on the treatment of workers in Leicester’s garment factories, created by a damning new report, is “much-needed”, according to the Institution of Occupational Safety and...
CONSULTANT FINED FOR PROVIDING INCOMPETENT ADVICE

CONSULTANT FINED FOR PROVIDING INCOMPETENT ADVICE

A self-employed consultant was fined for breach of legislation for providing health and safety advice on technical and complex matters while not being qualified to advise his clients. Luton Crown...
Social Distancing

BECOMING COVID-SECURE SHOULD BE PRIORITY, SAYS HSE

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is calling for businesses in Great Britain to make sure they’re COVID-secure. Inspectors are out and about, putting employers on the spot and checking...
ONE FIFTH OF BOSSES NOT HEALTH AND SAFETY TRAINED

ONE FIFTH OF BOSSES NOT HEALTH AND SAFETY TRAINED

Managers play a crucial role in preventing work-related accidents and ill health – but one in five companies don’t train them in health and safety, according to a new report published...
HSE FIGURES SHOW RECORD LOW WORKPLACE DEATHS

HSE FIGURES SHOW LOWEST WORKPLACE DEATHS ON RECORD

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has released its annual figures for the number of work-related fatalities in 2019/20, as well as the number of people known to have died from the...
TORK LAUNCHES SAFE AT WORK RESOURCE HUB TO SUPPORT MANUFACTURING BUSINESSES AND ESSENTIAL WORKERS

TORK LAUNCHES SAFE AT WORK RESOURCE HUB

Tork has launched a new resource hub, Safe at Work, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic to help businesses and essential workers Stay safe to carry on™. Tork Safe at Work is a one-stop online...
ST JOHN AMBULANCE RESTARTS FIRST-AID TRAINING

ST JOHN AMBULANCE RESTARTS FIRST-AID TRAINING

St John Ambulance has started running face-to-face workplace first aid training for the first time since lockdown, with measures in place to ensure the safety of trainers and delegates. The...
iHASCO NEW DSE ASSESSMENT TOOL AIDS A RETURN TO THE WORKPLACE

NEW DSE ASSESSMENT TOOL AIDS A RETURN TO THE WORKPLACE

iHASCO has developed an updated version of their Display Screen Equipment (DSE) assessment , which comes free with their IOSH approved DSE training course . Employees will be prompted to undertake...

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