A Guide To Safety Signs In The Workplace The importance of health and safety in the workplace is crucial, and as an employer, you are responsible for the welfare of your employees, guests, and visitors. Using appropriate health and safety signs that…
What Is Health Surveillance? Health surveillance is any activity that involves obtaining information about your employees’ health to help protect them from potential risks in the workplace. Some health surveillance practices are required by law, while others, such as health…
HSE stats from 2019/20 show that there were 693,000 non-fatal workplace injuries in Great Britain in just one year. While a large percentage of these were from common workplace accidents like slips and trips or manual handling accidents, it’s likely…
Keeping a commercial kitchen clean is vital to running a hospitality business. Food hygiene standards, regulated by the Food Standards Agency (FSA), are very high and you will need to satisfy the regulations in order to stay open. Good food…
Making changes to your personal life to reduce waste is relatively easy. You can layer up to avoid using the heating, ride your bike instead of taking the car, and buy loose vegetables to reduce plastic waste, all of which…
October 15th is Global Handwashing Day. Pioneered by the Global Handwashing Partnership, it is a worldwide advocacy day that aims to increase awareness about the role handwashing with soap plays as an affordable, effective method of disease prevention. By building…
Commerical properties need maintenance – whether or not they are occupied with tenants. Although it may seem like an empty property means less work, if it’s unattended for months on end, it could fall into disrepair. During the COVID-19 pandemic,…
As a busy and vibrant environment, schools must be maintained to a high standard to keep all students and staff happy and healthy. Often acting as a hotbed for spreading bacteria, schools need to make sure that they have everything…
Workplace safety inspections are an important part of good health and safety in the workplace. They ensure that the workplace is operating safely, according to legislation put out by HSE. Inspections are an important proactive measure – identifying potential problems…
Needles and sharps are dangerous: not just because of their pointed edges, but because of the risk of infection that comes with contaminated sharps. Sharps injuries account for 17% of accidents to NHS staff – the second most common injury…