product‘WEARABILITY’ ISN’T prohibited to just comfort when it comes to safety footwear. In the modern workplace, customers also want a product which ticks the box aesthetically, alongside providing that crucial, everyday protection.
newsTHE SOCIETY of Occupational Medicine (SOM) warns that gig economy and zero-hours workers are at heightened risk of mental ill health due to the constant struggle to make ends meet, often compounded by poor training and support, workplace isolation and unsociable hours.
newsTHE 19 FEBRUARY marked the point at which three million working days were lost to mental ill-health in 2026. In response to this escalating challenge, Simplyhealth is announcing a £3 million partnership with three leading UK mental health charities: The Mental Health Foundation, Mental Health First Aid England, and Mental Health Innovations, the charity behind the Shout crisis text service.
newsTHE BRITISH Safety Industry Federation (BSIF) has confirmed that its annual Members Networking Day will take place on Thursday 24 September 2026 at the recently refurbished Forest Pines Hotel, Spa and Golf Resort.
newsA MAN who fraudulently claimed to be Gas Safe Registered (GSR) has been jailed after his dangerous work put the life of a 90-year-old homeowner at risk.
newsNEW RESEARCH from workplace health specialists Lime Health reveals that more than four in ten construction workers report making more errors when working while unwell, raising significant safety concerns across one of the UK’s most hazardous industries.
newsNASUWT – THE Teachers’ Union has criticised the Government’s newly published 10‑year Education Estates Strategy, warning the plan leaves pupils and school staff at continued risk from crumbling buildings riddled with asbestos.
newsTWO COMPANIES have been fined following an incident which resulted in the deaths of two workers in West Yorkshire.
newsOCCUPATIONAL HEALTH experts are warning that asbestos exposure in schools continues to put teachers, pupils and staff at risk of fatal disease, after the Government’s latest school estates strategy failed to meaningfully address the hazard.
newsA MACHINE manufacturing company in Middleton has been fined after an employee lost their finger and required amputation when it became caught in emery cloth used on a metal-working lathe.
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