One more Sleep til Christmas!
Today we’re on a wind down in the office ready for our Christmas Holidays I keep thinking about Kermit the Frog in The Muppets Christmas Carol singing “one more sleep ‘til Christmas”, the bit where they’re shutting up the office for Christmas – to be honest I think...
The end of an era!
Today I have paid my last visit to Domestic and General Group Limited (D&G), we have decided it’s time to part ways. The end of an era! Any business owners will know that it is really hard to walk away from business and/or to turn it down but sometimes you have to...
Easy Peasy Safety Stuff – No.2 (Safety Policy- Amazing!)
Hello Safety Midget-Gems or whoever is reading this blog what I wrote! As promised in my original blog post, here is my second of ten top tips to help you create your own H&S management system and conquer your H&S woes – enjoy! Easy Peasy Safety Stuff – No.2...
New Media! – Free Compliance Check
We’ve had some gorgeous media created by our friends at MakoMedia, what a journey that’s been we don’t know how they’ve put up with us, they’ve been very patient! The most difficult part was deciding the criteria for claiming the free compliance check, how close or...
Health & Safety, a mixed bag!
Health & Safety, a mixed bag! So far, like most people, I've had a week of mixed fortunes. I've seen two Reindeer, had a desk massage (or massage at my desk) and left a pair of shoes on the train. I guess Health and Safety is a bit like that, it can lead changes...
Easy Safety Stuff – No.1 (Risk Assessments – Yippee)
Hello Safety Munchkins or whoever is reading this blog what I wrote! As promised in my previous blog post, here is my first tip to help you create your own H&S management system – have fun kiddo’s and give me some feedback so I know I’m not talking to myself...
What I have to do
Write a health and safety policy This is where you set out your stall; your commitment to health and safety as a business and a description of who does what, when they do it and how. Write a risk assessment It’s not as complicated as it sounds, you need to...
My top ten tips to Health and Safety success!
Welcome to my first blog in what I hope will be the start of a monthly series based on my top ten Health and Safety tips. If you come on this journey with me you will deal with the majority of your hazards and will have gone a long way to...
#productive50
#productive50 - What am I on about? Some of you may have heard about #100happydays which I have been doing on my own Facebook, I’ve actually tried twice and failed miserably and am about to start for the last time, if I don’t do it this time I’m totally jibbing...
Helen’s Health & Safety Basics Blog – Intro
After months of being bossed by Miss Bossy Boots, Emma Cooke, to do a Health & Safety blog, and after much thought about what would be a worthy blog rather than the usual Health & Safety moans and groans, I've hit on the idea of blogging once a month about...
HSE’s Fee for Intervention – 6 Months on
Between a quarter and a third of inspections carried out by the HSE since its cost-recovery scheme came into force in October last year found a material breach of health and safety law, resulting in a fee for intervention (FFI) on the duty-holders involved. A material...
Happy 1st Birthday Myth Buster Challenge Panel
Hip Hip Hooray! This month sees the first birthday of the HSE’s Myth Busting Challenge Panel. The Panel was launched in April 2012 in order to provided a way for anyone (company / organisation / individual), who is told that a decision has been taken in the name of...