Are you up to date with the new apprenticeship levy? 12.04.2016 Chancellor George Osbourne announced that a new apprenticeship levy would be introduced in 2015’s Autumn Statement. It is due to... Read the article
Health & Safety prosecutions rise by nearly 50% in Scotland 03.11.2015 New figures released show that prosecutions for death and injuries at work has nearly doubled within twelve months. Within the... Read the article
Manual Handling 05.08.2015 Manual handling includes many operations concerned with the moving of loads, either by lifting, lowering, carrying, pushing or pulling. Injuries can... Read the article
Citation achieve re-accreditation for CHAS 09.07.2015 Why do we need to be CHAS accredited? As a leading Health & Safety consultancy it is important that we... Read the article
Be on your guard: the importance of machinery guarding 06.02.2015 There are approximately 12 deaths and 40,000 injuries (some of them life-changing) each year, due to incidents where workers have... Read the article
Changes to food labelling requirements 12.12.2014 Food labelling requirements are changing from the 13 December 2014 and will oblige all food businesses to provide information about... Read the article
Fee For Intervention – working and here to stay 27.11.2014 The Fee For Intervention (FFI) Scheme, designed to shift the cost of regulating workplace health and safety from the public... Read the article
Business owner jailed for safety failings 27.11.2014 The owner of a scaffolding business has been jailed for 15 months due to safety failures that lead to the... Read the article
HSE targets Building Sites 13.11.2014 A month long inspection in the construction industry has revealed that 40% of sites examined by the HSE are failing... Read the article