July 2007 saw a smoking ban introduced in the UK with the previous Government promising a review in Autumn 2010. Recently, the newly formed coalition Government has scrapped the smoking ban review much to the discontent of many club and pub owners. When it was introduced in 2007, all workplaces were required by law to [...]

Thankfully Health and Safety is taken seriously in this country, although listening to some we take it too far, do we? Over the last few months we have been looking at some of the weird and wonderful antics of people trying their best to protect themselves, from not just our country but others from around [...]

It has been reported in the media that hairdressers have to put under tighter controls when it comes to training and handling of dangerous chemicals such as peroxide and bleaches. Although there are guidelines that are set out by the Health and Safety Executive in Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (COSHH SR11) [...]

When we have lots of rainfall this causes the ground to becomes saturated with water this then runs down to a river or a stream which swells and flows onto low flat ground, this amount of water can cause the smallest of streams to become a torrent of fast flowing water which can destroy crops, [...]