As part of an intensive inspection initiative aimed at reducing injury, ill health and fatalities, Health & Safety Executive (HSE) inspectors will be visiting construction sites across Great Britain between Monday 20 February and Friday 16 March. This initiative is part of … [Read More]
Posted in Press ReleasesThe Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has confirmed that, subject to Parliamentary approval, the over three-day injury reporting requirement under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR) will change from 6 April 2012. From 6 April 2012 … [Read More]
Posted in Press ReleasesThe Alcumus Group is to showcase its innovative offering at the IOSH 2012 conference and exhibition, which takes place on 6-7 March at Manchester Central. Among our products and services on show on stand E39 in Hall 1 will be: Alcumus … [Read More]
Posted in Press ReleasesFollowing an independent review, the government is launching a consultation on the abolition of some of the health and safety rules. The review was carried out by Prof Ragnar E Lofstedt, director of the Centre for Risk Management at King’s College … [Read More]
Posted in Press ReleasesAlcumus are pleased to announce the appointment of Philip Nicholls as Business Development Manager – Compliance. Philip has over 30 years experience in sales management and his new role will be to promote Drury products and services in South Wales … [Read More]
Posted in Press ReleasesIn conjunction with the North East Chamber of Commerce (NECC), we are holding FREE two hour seminars which will be useful for anyone with responsibility for health and safety and needing advice on compliance with COSHH Regulations and its good management. Employers are required … [Read More]
Posted in Press ReleasesWe are pleased to announce our partnership with The National Hairdressers’ Federation (NHF). The Partnership means that, for a nominal fee, NHF members will have access to Salon Sorted, a user-friendly, web-based tool developed by Sypol to help them effectively and … [Read More]
Posted in Press ReleasesAlcumus is pleased to announce the appointment of Stephen Baker as Group Sales and Marketing Director. Steve has 30 years experience in delivering business support services, compliance and technology solutions to all sizes of organisations in EMEA, USA and South East … [Read More]
Posted in Press ReleasesThe Alcumus Group is pleased to announce the acquisition of Drury PSM Limited (“Drury”), one of the UK’s leading HR, employment law and health & safety outsourcing companies. The acquisition of Drury will augment the compliance and workplace risk management … [Read More]
Posted in Press ReleasesBusinesses are being reminded that work-related injuries and incidents reportable under RIDDOR will have to be notified to the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) via its website from today (Monday 12 September). Only fatal and major injuries and incidents will … [Read More]
Posted in Press ReleasesThe long-awaited revised EU Waste Framework Directive has finally been implemented into UK legislation by the Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011. Waste hierarchy The new Regulations will affect all types of businesses that deal with waste. Amongst other changes … [Read More]
Posted in Press ReleasesBlackberry handsets can be covered by the DSE Regulations. However, whether an individual using the Blackberry is classified as a user is dependant on the duration of their use. While there are no hard-and-fast rules on what constitutes ‘prolonged’ use, … [Read More]
Posted in Press ReleasesThe Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) has offered its congratulations to all those who have worked on the Olympic Park and Village ‘Big Build’ construction project for their “outstanding health and safety performance”. RoSPA says it believes … [Read More]
Posted in Press ReleasesSypol, part of the Alcumus Group, is pleased to announce the launch of its range of e-learning courses – a powerful and efficient way of training your staff in the essentials of health and safety. It can help your business achieve … [Read More]
Posted in Press ReleasesSypol, part of the Alcumus Group has a new training venue at the offices of our sister company, ISOQAR, in Manchester and will be holding our COSHH assessor training course there in October and November. Sypol has already run successful COSHH … [Read More]
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