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The construction industry is being encouraged to start talking about employee stress with the launch of a joint initiative between the Construction Leadership Council (CLC) and Health & Safety Executive (HSE). The CLC said the move was in response to “unprecedented strains” on workers as companies adopted new ways of working in response to the

Reflecting on the past year, one thing is for sure – Covid has highlighted the importance of risk assessment like never before. Former HSE inspector Nick Wilson CMIOSH offers 12 top tips based on the common mistakes he has seen employers make when compiling risk assessments. As a systematic approach to identifying hazards and evaluating any

DURING HARD HAT AWARENESS WEEK, 14-20th June, Headway – the brain injury association, and leading safety manufacturer Centurion are working together to promote the importance of recognising and reporting signs of concussion to hard hat wearers. On today’s construction sites, there is widespread awareness of the need to wear a hard hat, but in a

Please be aware that the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is carrying out spot checks and inspections on all types of businesses in all areas to ensure they are COVID-secure. Inspectors will make COVID-secure checks as part of their normal role in visiting workplaces during the pandemic. The HSE will also be working with approved

An impressive and very professional video posted today by one of our members, Greencore Construction, about Carbon Negative Houses. The vid was recorded on a BSG site in Oxfordshire.  

The Building Safety Group (BSG) has reported an 84% increase in the number of ‘Working at Height’ breaches occurring on construction sites during the first quarter of 2021. BSG’s latest figures were obtained following 4300 independent site inspections that took place between 1st January and 31st March this year. BGS’s report is a cause for concern as

Following ongoing investment into BSG’s service provision, the Board of Directors (who are all BSG members) have decided to increase annual subscriptions to £102 per person. The increase, effective from 1st June 2021, follows expenditure on new functionality for the BSG Hub which is now used by over 2200 users UK wide. We have also

Companies must renew their SMSTS & SSSTS certificates by 30th April 2021 at the very latest if their existing certificates expired after 1st October last year. Operatives whose certificates expired before the 1st October 2020 will be required to join a full SSSTS/SMSTS course, rather than the refresher equivalent. If this applies to your business, we would encourage you to book staff affected on to

Companies must renew their First Aid certificates by 31st March 2021 at the very latest if their existing certificates expired after 1st October last year. If this applies to  your business, we would encourage you to book staff affected on to a course as soon as possible to ‘beat the rush’. Please find below a list of