Insights

6th December 2019

Towards the end of November, two consecutive articles were released by the HSE, both involving sentences to employers who didn’t put the correct precautions into place with their employees working...

22nd November 2019

This insight demonstrates that people should be prepared when it comes to Legionella control and not assume that it won’t affect you or your company.

12th November 2019

In a recent edition of Environmental Health News (EHN) a story was published about an infestation of mice found in a convenience store in the West Midlands following a routine...

6th November 2019

Throughout 2019, the spectre of asbestos in schools has again been rearing its head.

22nd October 2019

The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) has recently published the findings of a study, funded by themselves, and carried out by the University of Greenwich focusing on fire...

27th September 2019

In the last few weeks ‘health and safety budgets’ have been a recurring conversation whilst I’ve been out and about.

5th September 2019

Introduced to support energy efficiency and our carbon reduction targets, the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) - through the Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property) (England and Wales) Regulations 2015 – targeted our existing commercial building stock.

2nd September 2019

As reported in Health and Safety at Work (September 2019) many of our schools are still struggling with managing asbestos.

13th August 2019

As a food safety auditor and fire risk assessor, I am always reading cleaning reports for extract systems and opening ductwork hatches to inspect inside. Neglecting the cleaning of the ductwork systems puts your property at serious risk of a fire.

12th August 2019

In the UK, cases of Legionnaires’ disease tend to be a thing of the Summer with approximately 60% of the annual number of reported incidents of the disease occurring between July and October according to Public Health England (PHE) figures.

29th July 2019

A restaurant in Birmingham has been prohibited from offering allergy-free food to customers after Birmingham City Council issued a hygiene emergency prohibition notice (HEPN) after receiving a complaint from a customer.

29th July 2019

Oysters are claimed to boost your sex drive. However they also have a sinister side, as a recent survey of European oyster production areas has highlighted.