productFACILITIES MANAGERS face growing scrutiny over fire safety, especially when systems are under repair or have failed. Even without a permanent fix in place, waking watch can be used as an interim safeguard to protect occupants and maintain regulatory compliance. This guide explains when and why a waking watch, or alternatives like fire watch, may be required for your building.
newsTHERE WERE 311 incidents of workers putting themselves at risk by digging too close to a high-pressure fuel pipeline in 2025, according to Linewatch, the leading pipeline safety awareness group.
newsGREAT BRITAIN continues to be one of the safest places in the world to work, according to new analysis published on 1 July 2026 by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
productNOTIFY TECHNOLOGY, the AI-enabled, cloud-based health and safety software provider, announces the launch of its new Risk Assessment module, designed to help multi-site organisations standardise how workplace risk is assessed, governed, and evidenced.
productCIVIL ENGINEERING and construction specialist Knights Brown has partnered with Stocksigns to streamline the procurement of essential safety signage for its sites through a bespoke online ordering process.
productWITHIN INDUSTRIES such as construction, utilities, manufacturing, water treatment and infrastructure maintenance, confined spaces present some of the most hazardous working environments. While employers are becoming more aware of the risks associated with confined spaces, incidents do still happen, often because the right questions were not asked before work began.
newsSIEMENS GAMESA has been fined following an incident in which an employee suffered serious, life-changing injuries at a site in Hull.
newsA NEW Freedom of Information (FOI) request submitted to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has uncovered that fire safety standards on construction sites have improved in the last financial year, but a high volume of concerns still remains.
productCHEMICAL HAZARDS remain one of the most common workplace safety risks across industries where substances are stored, transferred, mixed or used during cleaning and maintenance activities.
productORGANISATIONS COULD be exposing themselves to unnecessary risk due to delays in accessing critical legionella data, according to environmental risk management specialists Lucion, as it launches a new digital solution designed to transform how water hygiene compliance is managed.
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