Two revised health and safety regulations take effect today that will help businesses more easily comply with the law. The reporting of workplace injuries has been simplified and greater flexibility has been introduced for managing the provision of first aid training. First aid – The Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981 have been amended...Continue Reading
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is inviting representatives of the construction industry to a free seminar about the dangers of dust. Every year 500 workers die from the effects of inhaling dust from materials such as concrete, wood, mortar, gypsum or sandstone. The half day event, organised by the Working Well Together group, takes...Continue Reading
CITB has today announced new changes to its Grants Scheme in a bid to incentivise the industry to take advantage of the funding available that can help them train. The improvements, which will benefit all grant claiming employers, come following a difficult year for the sector, which has seen the number of companies claiming grant...Continue Reading
IBM have announced a study that says companies with high performing procurement organizations are driving better bottom line results. According to the study, these organizations report profit margins of 7.12 percent as compared to just 5.83 percent for companies with low-performing procurement organizations. Also, companies with top performing procurement organizations report profit margins 15 percent...Continue Reading
The Building and Engineering Services Association (B&ES) has released a checklist to help public sector purchasers choose the best building service contractor. The 10-point checklistasks clients to consider how well their current services providers fulfil a set of criteria. Procurement managers are asked whether contractors comply fully with CDM (construction, design and management) regulations, health...Continue Reading
Developed by leading construction and engineering solution providers Costain, Skanska and Wates Group with support from CITB-ConstructionSkills, the new course is fully endorsed by the UK Contractors Group (UKCG) and the Environment Agency (EA). SEATS will provide those working on site with the knowledge required to drive environmental best practice – as well as a...Continue Reading
Nearly one in five construction sites visited across Britain have been subject to enforcement action after failing safety checks. In a month long initiative, inspectors from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) visited a total of 2363 sites where refurbishment or repair work was taking place and saw 2976 contractors. 631 enforcement notices were served...Continue Reading
Unsafe practices on construction sites across Wales are to be targeted as part of a national initiative aimed at reducing death, injury and ill health. To support a month-long drive to improve standards in one of Britain’s most dangerous industries, inspectors from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) will visit sites in local authority areas...Continue Reading
A third of men and nearly a third of women who participated in further education (FE) got a better job as a result, Skills Minister Matthew Hancock announced today. This is the key finding from The Impact of FE Learning, a new report from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. The research found that...Continue Reading
Ten of the most ridiculous health and safety excuses of 2012 were exposed by a regulator today. Bans on yo-yos in playgrounds, knives in kitchens and kettles in offices have all been wrongly blamed on workplace safety laws this year. The misuses of health and safety were spotted by the Health and Safety Executive’s Myth...Continue Reading
