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London firm fined for unsafe refurbishment work London property firm FN Property Ltd have been fined £10,000 for breaching the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974. It was found in March this year that work carried out by the company at a property on Newton Avenue, Acton between July 2013 and January 2014… Read more »

Internal Sales Adviser We are looking for an Internal Sales Adviser to work within our successful Health and Safety Training organisation. Boss Training has been established over 10 years providing training to a wide range of clients, large and small throughout the UK. We are one of the leading providers for Safe Work at Height… Read more »

Southport firm fined by the HSE As an employee for a company, particularly one which requires potential hazards, it is important to feel that you are as secure as possible and that every attempt is being made to safeguard your security from safety equipment to training. Legislation has been developing significantly over the last decade… Read more »

In a recent prosecution brought by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) a loft conversion company has been fined a total of £6019 including costs at Westminster Magistrates’ Court. The company were brought to trial after an employee was injured when scaffolding collapsed while he was working on a home in North London. The whole… Read more »

PASMA (Prefabricated Access Suppliers’ and Manufacturers’ Association) has recently unveiled their latest specification, the PAS 250, which lays out the minimum safety and performance criteria for low level work platforms, which are usually referred to in the trade as pulpits and podiums. This set of criteria is expected to become a British Standard by 2016… Read more »

Occupational Health in Construction Awareness Event We are delighted to announce that we will be exhibiting again at another HSE Working Well Together event on 28th March 2015 We have been in attendance at a number of these events in the past and found them to be hugely beneficial. It is another of a series of… Read more »

The law on the protection of employees whilst at work is very clear and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) do not flinch from bringing prosecutions where standards fall short. Although in general over the years of this century, fatalities at work are reducing in number year on year, the HSE feel that even one… Read more »

PASMA (Prefabricated Access Suppliers’ and Manufacturers’ Association) have designed a number of training courses, which are available from safety training providers across the country. The Pasma ticket as it is sometimes referred to, is the photo-card which is issued to every successful trainee, to show that they have reached the necessary standard as required by… Read more »

A recent report has highlighted the fact that UK businesses who ignore important health and safety measures are being prosecuted as a result of internal tip-offs. This number is on the rise and looks to be spiralling ever upwards due to the HSE suggesting they may increase the number of tip-off based inspections they conduct…. Read more »