Last week, I celebrated International Women’s Day, a day dedicated to honouring women’s achievements and promoting gender equality. As a...

John explains what the government is doing to encourage the use of Zero emission and Alternative fuelled Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs),...

For many, admitting that they have health issues or disabilities, or receiving a diagnosis can be upsetting and daunting regarding how...

A scrap metal company has been fined after a worker lost parts of four fingers while operating poorly maintained machinery. The company...

The shocking figures behind work related ill-health. The HSE has just released up to date figures for work related ill health, and it...

A Bedford furniture retailer Exclusive Oriental Classics Ltd has been fined for not having Employers’ Liability (Compulsory) Insurance....

There’s still a misconception around what a policy is and what a procedure is. I like to think of a policy as a pledge. A high level...

Today, we are going to talk a little about commonly used terminology that you may come across, and some simple health and safety actions...

Staircraft Group, of Bayton Road Industrial Estate, Exhall, Coventry, and part of Travis Perkins PLC, has been fined after a man working...

Many await the summer period in eager anticipation, hoping for long sunny days and more time to make memories. But for businesses this...

In March 2019, an employee named David Kennedy aged 43 was working at the Motherwell depot for the parcel delivery firm Hermes (Hermes...

Over my time as a consultant, I have noticed that asbestos management remains a constant area of neglect. Little is thought about...

The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) website guidance has changed. Individual risk assessments must now be carried out as well as...

We see and hear it everywhere now don't we? Eat less meat, plant more trees, use reusable cups and large businesses advertising on TV to...

A transport and haulage company has been sentenced after a worker died due to falling from the rear of a transport shipping container. An...

This month we are seeing several published reports from the Health & Safety Executive (HSE), where they have made enforcement...

Under section 2 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 all...

There is much societal progress to be made still in terms of how we view mental illness. There is very much a notion still that if you...

With International Women's day having just passed us by, it encouraged me to reflect on my own time in Construction. My overall...

Personal liability for health and safety breaches in criminal law can arise either as a result of an infringement of the Health and...