Crossing the Great IT Divide
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The need for someone who communicates and understands the management needs to the IT folk.
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CE Marking: The Machinery Directive
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The Machinery Directive (Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008) Is it the neglected, older relation of CE marking? These Regulations have been around a lot longer than the legislation for CE marking under EN1090. This legislation applies to all new machinery placed on the UK market or put into service in the UK, wherever it
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Good Health & Safety is Common Sense
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Good health & safety is common sense. It is about identifying the significant hazards in the workplace, then assessing the risk and putting in place controls to reduce the chances of harm occurring to as low as reasonably practicable. It is about effectively communicating the hazards and risks to those who may be affected by
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The Truth About CE Marking
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Although the July 2015 deadline has been and gone, some manufacturers affected by the Construction Products Regulation are still yet to tackle mandatory CE Marking. Unfortunately, a great deal of confusion seems to have arisen, so to help, here’s our simplified ‘take’ on the subject. What is CE Marking? CE Marking indicates a product’s compliance
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Cutting through the red tape
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Cutting through the red tape. The Red Tape Challenge initiative (www.redtapechallenge.cabinetoffice.gov.uk) has promised a tidy-up of legislation across a broad range of business areas. Very broadly they fall into the categories below, although some industry sectors have been picked
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Norfolk Fire Service and Cambridgeshire Fire & Rescue response to automatic fire alarms
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Norfolk Fire Service response to automatic fire alarms Cambridgeshire Fire & Rescue do the same.
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Is whistle blowing a mechanism for avoiding risk and unwanted surprises?
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Whistleblowing and Whistelblowers Whistler blowing and blowers need to have policies and procedures in place to stop the whistle blower being victimised
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Ensure a successful consultancy project – 14 things you should do
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It is important that Behavioral or Behavioural characteristics of a consultant organisations are correct to achieve success for clients. Being open and honest about internal issues and being open to new ideas are great characteristics for the client.
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Five things to remember when choosing Personal Protective Equipment
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Protection against hazards at work is a legal requirement and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) should always be the last resort in the hierarchy of protection, not the first.
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Practical Health and Safety in action
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Risk assessment gets bad press because people make more of it than they need.
The Health and Safety Executive say they don’t want to see files of paperwork, just simple identification of what can happen and then appropriate management of the risk.
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