May 2018 ended with me speaking at an AGM for the Drilling and Saw Association about the New Sentencing Guidelines. Standing at the back of the room waiting to be introduced to speak, the crowd looked a little weary and tired of fellow event speakers, so, as the final speaker, I needed to ensure the […]
When we deliver a Safety PAL demonstration, we always ask the client their reasons for deciding to improve health, safety, environment and quality? Here are 10 of the typical answers were given: We had an accident – it costs tens of thousands and we can’t afford it to happen again. To save money, we need […]
Are Health and Safety problems getting you down? don’t know where to go or what to do? This no jargon workshop is your first step to Health and Safety being a positive, not a burden! Safety PAL’s simple, effective and helpful health and safety advice based on the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 will […]
Basic Workplace Training costs are a burden for many companies… An interesting 2 days spent researching the costs of; online, in-house and training centre Health & Safety courses, provided us with some astonishing results: We found basic courses ranging from £25 for a 2-hour online session to £895 for a 2-day training centre course. We […]
How confident is your company in winning compensation claims and not handing over hard-earned cash to a careless worker? Where you aware that thousands and thousands of calls and Google searches are made every month?… “I have had an accident at work, what do I do next?” This article is for the Managing Directors […]
Digital Strategy We all waste time, have inefficiencies that we somehow manage and find it a struggle to stand tall amongst our competitors, furthermore, we could all benefit from managing resource more efficiently. Who needs to read this article? • Board Members who need to realise money can be made from linking business components […]
Of the £7.4million spent on fines so far in 2018, every one of the companies had Employer Liability Insurance, which did not cover 1p of the fines. Employers liability insurance does not cover your costs if you have an accident or breach of health and safety regulations, nor does it provide protection when your company […]
Correct punctuation can save a life… Let’s eat Grandpa. Let’s eat, Grandpa. So if the correct punctuation can save a life, what does it mean when safety-critical information hasn’t been understood due to a worker speaking a different language? It will take 5 minutes to read this article, maybe the best 5 minutes you […]
Doing more on Mental Health There are many myths on mental health, stress, anxiety etc. This article hasn’t been written to provide you with even more statistics or more misleading information. This article has been written to help people and businesses provide a solution in better managing Mental Health. If you are reading this article, you […]
This article explains how not having proof could have been so much worse We have removed the worker and company names Pre-amble An award-winning Floor Screed and rendering company (contractor x) won their latest contract (awarded by the principal contractor), which needed 20+ workers on-site for 6 months. Setting the scene The principal […]