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Preventing Work-Related Violence
With an Estimated 694,000 Incidents of Workplace Violence, How Do You Reduce the Risk? The Health and Safety Executive’s definition of work-related violence is ‘any incident in which a person is abused, threatened or assaulted in circumstances relating to their work’....
Chinese New Year 2020
Celebrate The Year of the Rat, Stay Safe and Have Fun Chinese New Year, also known as the Spring Festival or Lunar New Year, is a time to celebrate saying goodbye to an old year and welcoming a new one. The New Year officially begins on the 25th January 2020 and ends...
Cannon Fire Sprinklers successfully achieves FIRAS Certification
Cannon Fire Sprinklers successfully achieves FIRAS Certification It is with great pleasure that we announce, Cannon Fire Sprinklers is now a FIRAS certificated Contractor. FIRAS are a voluntary, third-party UKAS accredited certification body operated by...
Counter Terrorism Planning: Why it’s Necessary
Police Have Launched Public Counter-Terror Training, What You Need to Know Counter Terrorism Policing have opened their award-winning ACT Awareness eLearning package to the public for the first time. Anyone can now become a CT Citizen, free of charge, and learn how to...
Lone Working: What Do You Need to Know?
With an estimated 8 million Lone Workers in the UK, How Should They Be Protected? Lone workers account for 22% of the UK’s entire working population. As many as 150 lone workers are attacked every day, across all industries and job roles. It’s vital that lone workers...
Student Accommodation Ablaze – The UK’s Fire Safety Crisis
It shouldn’t take fires and tragedy to bring about action. The UK has a tall building crisis, with at least five major fires in blocks of flats this year. The latest one hit a six-storey student accommodation block in Bolton, spreading extremely quickly up the...
Christmas Safety Tips
Enjoy the Festivities, Be Merry and Stay Safe Accidents happen, particularly at Christmas when your home is much busier than normal with friends and family, excitement is high, and everyone’s patience is worn thin. During the Christmas period over 80,000 people are...
Winter Safety for Businesses
How Should Businesses Prepare for the Challenges of Winter? Winter can disrupt trading, damage premises and increase risk of injury to staff and the public. In the colder months, people are more likely to be admitted to hospital, the average bed occupancy increased by...
Health and Safety in Retail
What do Retailers Need to Know to Protect Their Employees? Retail contributes £194 billion to the economy and is the UK’s largest private-sector employer, with 4.9 million employees. It comprises of a range of businesses all with varied risks and health and...