As most people are aware from October 2012 HSE will be looking to recover the costs incurred when undertaking investigations, and when dealing with relative minor breaches at site level. The “fee for intervention” scheme is designed to recover the 35% cut in the HSE budget. At £124 per hour the consequences for contractors could [...]
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HSE Report rise in construction fatalities
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November 8th, 2011 by Eurosafe UKEurosafe UK have been invited to the next regional business development event hosted by Santander. The aim of Santander’s Breakthrough event is to assist businesses that have been identified as having the potential to drive the country forward out of the downturn. vAs part of this initiative Santander have listed their top 5 trends that [...]
High Street giants sign up to Cloud Computing
October 13th, 2011 by adminClouds UK are pleased to announce the continuing success of our groundbreaking portals.
Recent contract wins have resulted in more High Street names using www.cloudsuk.com to manage their statutory compliance issues in relation to their property portfolios. Both Next and Thornton’s are using the portal to help discharge their asbestos management duties, whilst J [...]
Is undertaking a Fire Risk Assessment easy money?
September 9th, 2011 by adminWell, not if you are John O’Rourke from Mansfield Fire Protection Services. Following a successful prosecution by Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service Mr. O’Rourke admitted 2 offences under the Fire Safety Order relating to the failure to carry out a suitable risk assessment. This is believed to be the first prosecution of a Fire Risk [...]
Huge rise in construction fatalities
July 1st, 2011 by Eurosafe UKWow – what a skyscraper!
June 1st, 2011 by adminHSE announce changes to RIDDOR
May 19th, 2011 by Eurosafe UKStatutory reporting to HSE of the majority of work-related injuries and incidents under RIDDOR (Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995) will only be possible using their online system as from the 12th September this year. The current online forms will be amended to speed up the current reporting process . However fatalities, major injuries and incidents will [...]
Potential changes to the CDM Regulations
May 9th, 2011 by Eurosafe UKNussbaumer is a name that, dare we say, is a bit foreign to us all. So what, who etc. is Nussbaumer and why should we be interested?
Well, to cut a long story short the European Court of Justice (ECJ), found that a client by the name of Martha Nussbaumer had not appointed a co-ordinator on a domestic roofing [...]
CDM Regulations – help for designers
April 27th, 2011 by Eurosafe UKI know that a lot of designers find designing in accordance with the CDM Regulations fairly tricky. Most will design out the obvious hazards such as fragile rooflights but then cite a lack of clear guidance on what they should be looking at with regards to the buildability and future maintenance of a building. However [...]
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