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Mar 2024
New guidance has been issued by the Government regarding the charging of e-bikes and e-scooters. They describe how purchasing, storage, and charging arrangements can mitigate the relatively high fire risk of this equipment. Further information: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/
Feb 2024
The HSE has revamped the way it presents homeworking safety and health information.
Feb 2024
Following a consultation, the government has announced potential reforms to the training regime for drivers of goods and passenger carrying vehicles.
Dec 2023
Three new fire safety guides cover small non-domestic premises, small blocks of flats and small sleeping accommodation. These are government issued and apply to premises in England.
Oct 2023
A new regulatory regime for fire safety in high rise residential buildings, came into force on 1 October 2023. Although the Building Safety Act 2022 primarily affects fire safety in high-rise residential buildings, there are some wider implications such as the need for fire risk
Sept 2023
From 1st October 2023 fire risk assessments will need to be recorded, regardless of the number of employees. Another amendment removes the words “significant findings” regarding the assessment: now all findings are to be recorded. There’s also a new requirement to identify other
Aug 2023
Provisional statistics reveal that 135 workers were killed in work-related incidents in Great Britain within 2022/23. The top cause was ‘fall from height’ followed by ‘struck by a moving object’ and ‘struck by a moving vehicle’. Numbers are on a par with recent years.
Jul 2023
HSE inspectors will be visiting woodworking businesses over the next year, focusing on the dangers of respiratory risks from wood dust. The regulator expects businesses to be on top of wood dust control, for example with effective exhaust ventilation, face fit testing of respirat
Jun 2023
The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill is continuing its route through parliament, however, instead of revoking vast tracts of UK law as originally planned it will now only impact a short list of legislation to be removed from the statute books. It doesn’t appear that h
May 2023
The system has gone live for Accountable Persons to register high-rise residential buildings as required by the Building Safety Act 2022. This affects all high-rise residential buildings 18 metres tall or higher, or at least 7 storeys tall, with two or more residential units and
May 2023
Construction and trades workers, especially those who began work in the 2000s, are the target of the HSE’s latest asbestos awareness campaign.
Mar 2023
We’re anticipating some major changes health and safety legislation as a result of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill which is making its way through parliament. The resulting Act will automatically revoke, or ‘sunset’, most retained EU law at the end of 2023 other
