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The minimum frequency for undertaking checks is defined in relevant legislation. For example, the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 (...

Where do you begin? There is a lot of legislation in force already. New legislation is also being processed all the time. This can make it a challenge to ide...

Whether your organisation is considering or holds certification to quality, environmental, health and safety or information security Standards, there is no e...

1. Training is a legal requirement Training is not optional, or a nice to have. It's actually a specific requirement of some legislation. For example, the He...

We all know that the busiest night of the year for Santa is Christmas Eve. That in turn means that his elves will be busy beforehand making sure that his sle...

Christmas festivities and colder weather can spell worry for safety conscious companies... but how concerned do we really need to be about health and safety ...

Keeping Your Organisation Compliant There are three main steps to achieving legal compliance with Health and Safety and Environmental legislation (such as OH...

Look after yourself, your family and your neighbours at Halloween (while still enjoying the fun) with our spooky health and safety tips... The dangers of 'fa...

Does your organisation provide access to complementary therapies for employees? Companies across the UK are steadily beginning to offer their workers complem...

Does your company handle dangerous substances? If so, it's time to get involved in next week's European Health and Safety Week. The annual event, running fro...

If your role is managing compliance for your organisation, how easy is it for you to hand things over when you go on annual leave? ​ Compliance is a complex ...

As you may be aware, the old OHSAS 18001 has been replaced by the new Occupational Health and Safety standard ​ISO 45001. But how much do you know about the ...

We’re sure there’s a great joke answer to this (anyone know what it is?), but this is an area that can cause some confusion – so here are the basic differenc...

It was World Day for Safety and Health at Work on 28 April - the annual international campaign that's been running since 2003 to promote health and safety in...

This seems to be a definite trend – something I’ve spotted among many of my colleagues and business contacts. From skiing to sky diving, I often find that he...

Good risk assessments, which have been carried out, communicated and (where necessary) had appropriate control measures put in place, save lives. Yet, the new...

Our consultants often evaluate legal compliance as part of supporting clients with ISO14001 (Environmental) or OHSAS18001 (Health and Safety) Management Syst...

“Human error is inevitable, you can never eliminate it, but you can eliminate problems in the system to make it less likely to happen” - Unknown Upstream err...

As part of ISO9001:2015, companies are expected to identify external and internal factors (Clause 4.1) relevant to the context of the company. Companies are ...

Small and medium sized businesses often seem to doubt the relevance of ISO Standards to their businesses, thinking that they are too small for the Standards ...