Author Archives: Karl Spencer

Train to Safety event invites Safety PAL founder

This Train to Safety Event: 16th May  09:00 – 15:30 The Pumping House , Brake Lane, Ollerton, Newark NG22 9HQ Five different speakers completing presentations throughout the day Train-To-Safety has specifically arranged for the founder of Safety PAL to host a round table session to help delegates understand just how easy delivering frontline health and […]

It’s simply good business

What do you think is number one in the list of the greatest risk businesses face today, the common risk which threatens every company’s capacity to trade?   It’s Safety… Number two maybe Brexit, three and four, possibly austerity and unpredictable external factors. This is because safety is the only single requirement which places a responsibility […]

Annual Health & Safety in Housing Conference

Our founder Karl Spencer will be speaking at 4th Annual Health & Safety in Housing Conference. The NHC’s fourth annual Health and Safety in Housing Conference has returned to Leeds on Thursday 13thJune. This must attend conference for Health and Safety professionals will focus on managing risk, bringing about culture change to put Health and […]

Safety PAL named in Sunday Times Maserati 100 List of Top Innovative Entrepreneurs

Safety PAL is incredibly proud to have been named in the Maserati 100 List (produced in conjunction with The Sunday Times), recognising us as among the top hundred innovative entrepreneurs in the UK. For the fifth Maserati 100 List the theme was ‘innovators’ – recognising those who have contributed original thinking to their industry and […]

46% of Februarys prosecutions where because of contractors

13 of the 28 companies prosecuted in February 2019 *1 where prosecuted due to lead company failing to manage their contractors – their supply chain. All businesses like you will have some form of health and safety in place have an employed H&S manager/team or engage the services of an external advisor. But how robust […]

ISO 45001 or employing an IOSH member will not protect your business from prosecution

On a wintery January night, I attended the IOSH branch meeting at the Nottingham Forest Football Club. The speaker Richard Jones MSc CFIOSH, IOSH Head of Policy and Public Affairs was booked to talk about the ‘Benefits of Good OHS Management, Main Characteristics of ISO 45001 & Key Changes from OHSAS 18001’ I’ve been waiting […]

Event: Protect your business and your family should the worst happen.

As a Director, did you know? The new common law change for manslaughter which came in to force November 1st 2018. The government like to let everyone know about the new GDPR legislation, but fail to widely promote health and safety sentencing changes This 3 hour event is designed specifically with directors in mind. Ones […]

7 essential tips for creating a positive safety culture 2018

There is now an updated version of this article regarding Safety Culture   Be honest! Are you and your organisation robust enough to deal with an accident or visit from an inspector?  In my career as a worker, manager, inspector and director, I wish I had a £1 for every time someone said to me, “my health and safety is […]

Rail Safety Summit 2018 Confirms Fragmented Safety

As a person who spends time daily delving into why failures still occur in businesses in relation to health and safety…   I really enjoyed attending my 2nd Rail Safety Summit event November 2018 at the Addleshaw Goddard office in our capital city. This allowed me to get a different perspective on the new inspection processes, […]