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How do you know your PPE and safety equipment is compliant?

With high volumes of substandard PPE and safety equipment on the market, British Safety Industry Federation (BSIF) CEO Alan Murray explains how specifiers and users can ensure their products are fit for purpose Personal protective equipment (PPE) is designed to ...

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Double contract win for SPIE UK

SPIE UK, one of the leading technical service providers in the UK has secured two Merseytravel tunnel approach works contracts to improve motorist safety. The projects will see SPIE UK carry out the electrical upgrade of the Queensway Tunnel and ...

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Develop opens state-of-the-art training centre and fully to-scale artificial street

Develop, an accredited provider of compliance, technical and safety training, has officially reopened its York training centre alongside its new fully to-scale artificial JETSET street, (Joint Emergency Training Set). The centre, which has undergone a £400,000 full refurbishment, is now ...

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Asbestos compliance

RSK Asbestos Managing Director Melissa Fox advises that, with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) recording more than 5,000 asbestos-related deaths every year, there needs to be a real commitment to safety and compliance and the requirements of the Control ...

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PTSG scores at Everton’s new stadium

Premier Technical Services Group Ltd (PTSG) has been appointed for the delivery of a range of access and safety equipment and systems at Everton F.C’s brand-new stadium, at Bramley-Moore Dock. Everton F.C. confirmed its £500 million stadium plans back in ...

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EMCOR UK recognised for its commitment to protecting its employees

EMCOR UK has won an International Safety Award from the British Safety Council in recognition of its commitment to keeping its workers and workplaces healthy and safe during the 2022 calendar year. Now in their 65th year, the International Safety ...

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Record number of organisations receive a British Safety Council International Safety Award 

The British Safety Council has revealed the winners of its prestigious International Safety Awards for 2023, with the highest ever number of organisations around the world receiving a highly prized accolade for their work in health, safety, and wellbeing. This ...

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Developers sign Gove’s remediation contract to fix unsafe buildings

Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Michael Gove has secured the signatures of the country’s biggest housebuilders on the developer remediation contract. Thirty-nine developers – including the top 10 biggest housebuilders in the UK – have signed ...

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International Workplace and DPD shortlisted for SHE Awards

International Workplace and DPD are delighted to announce they have been shortlisted for the prestigious SHE Awards, in the category of the Safer Logistics Award. The award recognises the most impressive achievements in a safety campaign or project throughout the ...

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Emergency evacuation measures putting disabled workforce at risk

A new report from evacuation chair specialists, Evac+Chair International, lays bare how the safety and lives of the UK’s disabled workforce, and those dealing with access barriers, are at risk in an emergency. Titled ‘Risky Business‘ the study found that ...

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