The OCS Utilities team has been recognised for the third consecutive year with the RoSPA Gold Award for Health and Safety for its tower painting contract. The Utilities tower painting is a specialist service where safety is non-negotiable. Working at ...
Read More »Double RoSPA Gold Awards for ABM
Facility, engineering, and infrastructure solutions provider, ABM, has been awarded two RoSPA Gold Awards in 2025 – one for Fleet Safety and another for Health and Safety Excellence. The acknowledgement marks the sixth consecutive year the company has achieved gold-level recognition ...
Read More »Making the cut
A wide range of maintenance and retrofit tasks require metal cutting but there are several health and safety considerations. Kevin Brannigan, Marketing Manager at Makita explores tools that offer cold and spark-free cutting Whether its installing new or replacement pipework, ...
Read More »ECA helps shape new electrical safety guidance
Members of the Electrical Contractors’ Association (ECA) have been instrumental in new guidance that has been published by the Energy Networks Association (ENA). The guidance, about how to ensure safety with secondary low-voltage electrical supplies could play a major role ...
Read More »Medirest joins Restraint Reduction Network
Compass Group UK & Ireland’s healthcare division, Medirest, has joined the Restraint Reduction Network (RRN), underscoring its commitment to supporting patients with dignity and compassion while promoting a safer hospital environment. RRN is a registered charity with an ambitious vision ...
Read More »Vox Ignis delivers EVC system to award-winning development
Global voice alarm and audio safety specialists Vox Ignis has supplied its LexicommPro Emergency Voice Communication System (EVCS) to a state-of-the-art new office development powering the significant digital economy of Teesside. Boho X is a striking new development from Middlesbrough ...
Read More »Martyn’s Law is coming – procrastination is dangerous: A two-year action plan for UK Venues to prepare
By David Cooke, Founder at Building Design & Management (BDM) With the introduction of the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025, more commonly referred to as Martyn’s Law – and its receipt of Royal Assent on 3 April 2025, venues ...
Read More »Calls to get ahead for site cooling amid soaring temperatures and construction sector surge
Amid forecasts of a major boom in UK construction, Aggreko is advising construction managers to take steps to protect site productivity and worker welfare as extreme heat increasingly becomes the norm on building sites nationwide. The call follows the Glenigan ...
Read More »British Security Award win for Securitas UK in partnership with South West Water
Securitas UK has won the partnership category at the British Security Awards for its advanced lone worker and gas detection devices. The business was recognised for its deployment of 1,500 lone worker detection devices to South West Water’s operatives, which ...
Read More »Conference to discuss the impact of the Crime and Policing Bill on the work of Environmental Health Officers
How the Crime and Policing Bill 2024-25 will impact the work of Environmental Health Officers (EHOs) will be the headline topic at the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) Conference. Taking place on Wednesday 25th June, the ...
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