Businesses 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]
Posted in Press ReleasesThe Alcumus Group is pleased to announce the appointment of Lee Pearson as Managing Director of ISOQAR Limited. Lee brings with him over 15 years of business process and support services experience, with a strong track record of delivering increased … [Read More]
Posted in Press ReleasesSenior HSE inspector praises the health and safety record of the London 2012 Olympics construction project. Speaking at a health and safety forum held at the Olympics site in east London last week, Mike Williams, the Principle Inspector of Construction for London described … [Read More]
Posted in Press ReleasesThe Control of Vibration at Work Regulations became law on 6 July 2005. The purpose of the regulations is to ensure workers don’t suffer ill health from vibration. This ill health relates mainly to workplace hand-arm vibration but also covers whole-body … [Read More]
Posted in Press ReleasesThe new online directory to help businesses find a health and safety consultant that they can trust to give sensible, expert advice launched this week. More than 1,600 highly qualified consultants in the UK have signed up to the online … [Read More]
Posted in Press ReleasesTake a look and see what Sypol and the Alcumus Group got up to at IOSH 2011 Sypol attended IOSH 2011 in London last week, it’s first outing as part of the Alcumus Group, along with the other OpCo’s – … [Read More]
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