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 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 ...

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 ...

Recommendations from the Grenfell Tower Inquiry will form part of the new Fire Safety (England) 2022 regulations, however, two recommendations on personal emergency evacuation plans (PEEPS) will not ...

New research reveals UK fire services attended 46% more fires linked to Lithium-ion batteries in 2023 compared to the previous year. Data collected by the business insurer, QBE, suggests the batteries ...

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 ...

Two fifths of people in the construction industry believe an accident is “inevitable” on their sites, research has revealed. The study also showed almost half of respondents believed their boss could ...

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 ...