Health & safety changed quite a lot for everyone in 2020. As well as our personal safety, the wave of lockdown restrictions also meant that businesses like ours couldn’t function the same as before. With falling demand for our classroom courses (before they were halted altogether), we had to think on our feet to keep… Read More
Every country has a few unfortunately named towns (the UK more than most!). As silly as some of these sound, though, they can often be an attraction for tourists. For the Canadian town of Asbestos, however, a name associated with its legacy of asbestos mining has forced them to change identities, even though it means… Read More
Last Updated: 22nd December 2020 This week has seen the introduction of a new set of local restriction tiers to deal with the coronavirus pandemic. While there will be some easing of restrictions from the recent lockdown, a large part of the country has been put straight into Tier 4, the most restrictive tier available.… Read More
Even in a year like the one we’ve had, the Beirut disaster stands out as a major shock. The massive explosion in the Lebanese capital ranks among the biggest non-military explosions ever recorded, and caused damage on a frightening scale. The precise death toll is still being counted, while hundreds of thousands are currently homeless… Read More
It’s been a few weeks since the last shift in coronavirus policy, and the latest changes may be the biggest yet. A raft of businesses are now allowed to reopen as of 4th July, and social distancing rules have been relaxed from two metres to one metre under most circumstances. Naturally, this has many businesses… Read More
It’s been a few weeks now since the government began to ease the lockdown rules, and many people have begun to return to work. Social distancing remains impossible in many workplaces, however, and employers up and down the country are still grappling with how to apply the new COVID-19 Secure guidelines. It is imperative that… Read More
The coronavirus pandemic has led to sweeping changes that we couldn’t have imagined just a few months ago. Legions of people have been working from home, and many more haven’t been working at all, with the government’s furlough scheme in full effect. The result has been a transition to living and working almost entirely online,… Read More
With the gradual easing of the coronavirus lockdown, the government has seen fit to release new guidelines for limiting the spread of COVID-19 at work. These ‘COVID-19 Secure’ guidelines provide a range of advice for businesses in all industries to implement infection controls, keeping their employees safe from the coronavirus. With the response to the… Read More
The coronavirus pandemic has been extremely challenging for almost every business, and the situation is not likely to change for some weeks or months yet. As a result, businesses are having to look for efficiencies wherever they can find them. This usually means cutting back on unnecessary expenses, as well as finding ways to boost… Read More
We don’t often pick out news stories to feature on the blog, but this one felt particularly resonant. A young girl suffered life-changing injuries when a piece of timber fell almost 10 metres from a scaffold, striking the child in her pram. The timber was being lifted using a gin wheel, but had been improperly… Read More