Road Safety Week is the perfect opportunity for organisations to look at road safety programmes

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Road Safety Week is the UK’s biggest road safety event, involving thousands of schools, organisations and community groups every year. The event is coordinated annually by the road safety charity, Brake, and this year’s week-long initiative runs from 17-23 November. The week is not only pertinent to the UK though - Road Safety Weeks and Days are taking place all around the world, so you can find out when an event is taking place in your country or area and how you can get involved, by clicking here. The aim of the week is to encourage gra... Continue reading


Health and safety fines to increase drastically under tougher guidelines

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Under tougher sentencing guidelines proposed last week, large firms convicted of corporate manslaughter will face fines of up to £20m. According to the Sentencing Council, which for England and Wales promotes greater consistency in sentencing, whilst maintaining the independence of the judiciary, punishments for organisations and individuals found guilty of health and safety as well as food safety and hygiene offences should also be substantially increased. The Council produces guidelines on sentencing for the judiciary and aims to increase ... Continue reading


How do you deal with the issues surrounding office temperature?

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As the days grow shorter, commuters are now facing the elements on their ways to work. Despite its decidedly mild introduction this year, winter is often the toughest season in the office. As it becomes colder, there are often office battles over climate - while some shiver, others remain toasty warm. Some happily continue their t-shirt traditions and others resort to chain-drinking tea to stave off the cold.  Air conditioning and heater hire specialist, Andrews Sykes, previously published the results of a survey, revealing that office climat... Continue reading


Season of Safety looks at what organisations need to do to ensure health and safety standards are met

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Seton’s ongoing Season of Safety has taken a closer look at how well organisations and individuals are dealing with important health and safety needs. To look at this in more detail, Seton sought the opinion of Stephen Thomas, Chairman of the Seton Health and Safety Law Group, to get his expert view on how the situation could be improved. Stephen Thomas is also a safety technical consultant specialising in H&S management systems with an emphasis on sensible Risk Management and compliance with recognised standards. Among the key findings of... Continue reading


Creating a more productive workplace by changing your office space

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Keeping employee motivation and morale high can seem like an intangible goal; one that’s meant to improve company performance but always seems just out of grasp. Of course there’s no way to guarantee your employees are happy, however there have been various pieces of research that have attempted to quantify this and here’s what they found: Personalisation helps with productivity               A study by the University of Exeter a few years ago yielded some interesting results - it found that when workers were given the ch... Continue reading