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Coronavirus: Call for 10000s more hand washing stations in public places
Face masks are largely ineffective, just concentrate on personal hygiene With Coronavirus spreading globally from the outbreak in China, we desperately need more places to wash our hands to keep ourselves protected. That’s the opinion of both healthcare experts and a national health and safety software company, who agree that there needs to be more […]
Ban the school bake sale
Allergies and food hygiene mean that charity sales are OVER – or are they? We’re a country of cake-lovers, but it really is time to think the unthinkable and ban the school bake sale. That’s the opinion of a British health and safety software company which thinks that the goodwill of buying and scoffing a […]
83% Do not know where the first aid kid is
Do you know where is is? You’re not alone: Most workers don’t even know what’s inside the kit when they get there. Five out of six British workers have no idea where their workplace first aid kit is located, and even more don’t have a clue what to do once they’ve found it. That’s the […]
Football is broken – Here’s our top ten list of how technology can fix it
VAR isn’t working, but our not-too-serious countdown can still help The Beautiful Game. The 2019/20 football season will be the one when everybody realised that VAR technology (Video Assistant Referee) is actually a terrible idea, and is killing the game. But one British company thinks that technology still has a role to play in The […]
Top weird and wonderful things people would save if the house was on fire
If your house was on fire, would you rescue your signed photo of Sylvester Stallone? We asked people what treasured items they’d save, and of course it got weird. Nobody expects their home to be destroyed by fire, but many of us have been asked the question what single treasured item you’d rush into the […]
You should have signalled, mate – call for indicators on bicycles
‘You should have signalled, mate’ – Another call for indicators on bicycles Waving your arm ‘just not good enough on today’s busy roads’ Could deaths and serious injuries to cyclists be slashed by fitting bicycles with flashing indicators? That’s the opinion of health and safety experts Protecting.co.uk who think that any initiative to make roads […]
What is the HSE FFI – Fee For Interventions?
If the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) finds your business has breached health and safety law, you’ll have to cover the costs incurred by HSE to identify the breach and help your business to get up to standard. Like fines, FFI aims to shift the financial burden of ensuring safety at work from the public […]
Blue hair: It’s the cool new look for food safety
Ever found a hair in your takeaway? Now you’ll know where it came from A health and safety services company has come up with what is clearly the best idea ever for making it easier for customers to spot a kitchen worker’s hair in their food. The online health and safety company Protecting.co.uk says that […]
Taking some ‘me time’? Workers take TEN TIMES as long to poo while at work
Dropping the kids off at the pool; going to see a man about a dog – whatever colourful euphemism you use, it’s a fact of life that all of us need to use the toilet. But British workers have been revealed to be spending up to ten times as long going about their ‘business’ while […]