newsBrake welcomes Government plans to boost walking and cycling
TRANSPORT SECRETARY, Grant Shapps MP, has announced Government plans to boost active travel, including emergency measures to provide protected space for people walking and cycling.
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newsBSC launches post-lockdown support for employers
THE BRITISH Safety Council has responded to the government’s latest guidance on measures to limit the spread of coronavirus by launching its own post-lockdown support for employers.
newsHSM COVID-19 survey results
HEALTH AND Safety Matters, in association with iHASCO, a provider of high-quality health & safety and HR compliance eLearning, conducted a survey with UK health & safety managers to establish the full impact of the government lockdown on staff and employees.
newsUnion urges public transport capacity rule
THE UNITE Union has called on the government to protect workers by introducing maximum public transport capacity rules and make it a requirement to wear face masks.
newsBritish Safety Council slams return to work plans
THE BRITISH Safety Council has called for clarity from the government on guidance for people returning to their workplace during the Covid-19 epidemic.
productFume extraction systems
The F-Tech Armur is a high vacuum dust extraction system offering a mobile solution to extract dust from manual welding and grinding processes.
newsMental health issues top of workers’ lockdown concerns
A SURVEY by Unite, the UK and Ireland’s largest union, has found that workers’ concerns about their mental health have increased dramatically since the lockdown began.
newsIOSH urges “risk intelligent” return to work
BUSINESSES PREPARING to reopen workplaces must be risk-controlled and put health and safety first – to avoid becoming “places of transmission” of the coronavirus.
newsIOSH promotes Sun Awareness Week
THIS WEEK (4-10 May 2020) is Sun Awareness Week, which encourages people to regularly self-examine for signs of skin cancer and teaches everyone about the dangers of sunburn and excessive tanning.
newsMental health charities offering frontline worker support
LEADING MENTAL health charities are uniting for the first time to provide round the clock mental health support to those working on the frontline against the Coronavirus
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