LEADING ACCREDITING body warns of high conviction rates and ever-greater fines resulting from HSE prosecutions

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ARRIVING WITH a new name and at a different time of year, the Archies looks set to be the best Awards for Excellence yet.

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RTITB HAS launched a new eLearning course for those ‘Managing and Supervising’ Material Handling Equipment Operations’, highlighting that it’s not only lift truck operators at fault when an incident occurs and that many who are currently managing, or supervising lift truck operations are unaware of what their role entails and that legislation requires them to be trained to supervise these operations.

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WHILE OUTSOURCING may seem like the easy option, many businesses do not realise that by outsourcing their training to unaccredited training providers, they are potentially wasting thousands of pounds each year. In fact, delivering training in-house and achieving in-house accreditation could not only reduce costs but also improve compliance and efficiency too.

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Many lorry drivers in the food and drink retail and logistics sectors are missing out on appropriate, relevant Driver CPC Periodic training, according to RTITB.

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Westgate Group recently partnered with Kingsland Drinks to provide an additional production zone at Kingsland's existing Manchester warehouse.

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The new Anti-Crush Kick-Pad (ACKPad) from Weston Handling Consultancy has been launched and is said to be receiving a great response.

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Toyota Material Handling UK has been shortlisted in the upcoming FLTA Annual Awards for Excellence in the safety category.

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When assessing safety in flooring in respect to the logistics sector there are a number of elements to consider, according to Westbrook Industrial.

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A simple laminated leaflet, created to help fork lift engineers and competent persons explain the importance of a truly Thorough Examination, has needed to be reprinted – because so many operators, owners and users of fork lift trucks asked to keep it!

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The Health & Safety Laboratory (HSL) – the UK health and safety research and incident investigations establishment – has developed a smart phone application to help operators calculate the right number of straps needed to secure their load and comply with road traffic legislation.

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Davis Derby’s TruckLOG TK5 system is reported to be the product of choice for a number of leading brands including 3M.

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