What is COSHH?
COSHH is short for “Control of Substances Hazardous to Health”, a set of health and safety regulations. Under these regulations, businesses are required by law to protect workers from potentially harmful substances. Regardless of which industry your business operates in, [...]
What is SSIP Accreditation and why do I need it?
What is SSIP Accreditation? Safety Schemes in Procurement (SSIP) is an umbrella organisation that is mainly aligned with the construction businesses in which members provide health and safety assessment schemes to contractors to demonstrate compliance with safety practices to potential [...]
What is a dynamic risk assessment?
Our everyday lives are beseeched with hazards and risk, but we carry on regardless, why? Because simply we apply common sense. A dynamic risk assessment and common sense are very similar in their existence, and I hear you say, ‘some [...]
How Much Exposure to Wood Dust is Dangerous?
The HSE have announced a new Safety campaign aimed at protecting workers in wood working environments. This is off the back of a series of inspections in wood workshops completed in 2022/23 which found that 78% of businesses were not [...]
LPG Forklift Safety
The HSE have issued a Safety Notice following a number of LPG forklift truck fires, and the fires specifically occurred when an operator is attempting to start the truck. So what is happening? Essentially what is happening is something that [...]
Benefits of Outsourced HR
Should HR Be Outsourced? As a small business owner, you're likely to be juggling multiple roles at once. From overseeing daily operations to managing finances, your plate is undoubtedly full. One area that often falls by the wayside in the [...]
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