As part of the Health and Safety Executive's (HSE) nationwide campaign, "Safer Sites", which aims to increase standards in the construction industry, HSE...
Following the reports this month that the badger culls have not quite been as successful as was planned, Environment Secretary Owen Paterson claimed that its lack of success was as a result of the...
We've all heard the "why did the chicken cross the road?" joke and its most popular answer "to get to the other side". However, thanks to the Oxfordshire company Omlet, chickens can now not only cr...
A construction firm has been fined £5,000 and ordered to pay costs of £1,000 after it was found the firm failed to provide toilets and running water for subcontractors working on their site.
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The Waste crime report 2012/2013 has been published by the Environment Agency and shows how they've been tackling waste crime over the past year. Such crimes are committed,...
A taskforce put together by Prime Minister David Cameron has produced a report which says cutting down on EU red tape could save UK firms billions of pounds.
The taskforce, comprising of si...
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has prosecuted Midland Steel Reinforcement Supplies Limited after a forklift truck overturned in a rather risky attempt to empty a skip...
The team in charge of the controversial Somerset badger cull has applied for an extension of the cull by up to three weeks, after it emerged they had failed to reach their targets.
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A chemical firm has been fined £150,000 after three workers suffered serious injuries following an explosion.
Personal Hygiene Services (PHS) Ltd pleaded guilty at Liverpool Crown Court to...
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has published updated guidance which relaxes some of the rules placed on the playing of ice-cream van chimes.<...
A report published this week from the International Programme on the State of the Ocean (IPSO) has warned that the health of the world's oceans is deteriorating more rapidly than previously thought...
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published statistics that show there were 57 work-related fatalities in the first three reporting months of 2013/14.
The st...
The UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released its Fifth Assessment Report on climate change. It claims that, "Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, and since the 19...
Over the past 50 years, some of Europe's key animals, such as bears, wolves, lynx, eagles and vultures, are making a comeback and have increased in numbers according to an analysis carried out by t...
We are excited to announce that we will be exhibiting at the SHE Show North East, at Newcastle Marriott Gosforth Park, on 26 November 2013.
The SHE Show is a high profile conference running...
