The British Retail Consortium has expressed concern for its members following recent rioting across the UK. Much of the disorder took place on high streets with shops being targeted for looting. The ...

A strong safety culture is increasingly seen as one of the cornerstones of a robust occupational health and safety system. However, a recent survey and whitepaper, facilitated by MAKE UK canvassing ...

Tuesday (19 July) was the ‘busiest day for the fire service in London since the Second World War’ dealing with multiple blazes in record-breaking temperatures, London Mayor Sadiq Khan said as he ...

LSBUD (Linesearch BeforeUdig) the online safe digging service has produced a report entitled, ‘Digging Up Britain’. SHP finds out more about its findings. The report utilises LSBUD’s own search data, ...

The UK Material Handling Association (UKMHA), a trade body representing all aspects of the UK’s material handling industry, has launched its new Safe Working Area charter – a blueprint to ensure the ...

Airliner with 379 onboard crashed while landing at Japan airport after it struck coastguard plane. A Japan Airlines plane was engulfed in flames after it struck a coastguard aircraft at Tokyo’s Haneda ...

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC), was found liable for the effects of the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire on nine people, including four deaths, in a judgement passed by the High Court on ...

Here, fire safety experts from SOCOTEC discuss how to safely use and store lithium-ion batteries to protect the safety of your people and your workplace. Many millions of lithium-ion batteries are in ...

A seafood processing company has been fined after a worker died following injuries sustained when she was run over by a forklift. Karen Allen, an employee of QA Fish Ltd, suffered significant leg ...

In the spirit of learning, I recently asked people in the ‘new-view’ Human & Organisational Performance (HOP) [i] world how they translate high-level Human Performance (HP) principles into actions to ...

National Compliance and Risk Qualifications (NCRQ) are qualifications designed to improve the competence of health and safety practitioners. The NCRQ suite of qualifications was set up to provide ...

How can we view accountability as a positive experience rather than one of blame? Zoe Nation outlines a new approach. Accountability is misunderstood and is often the elephant in the room when ...