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Economical benefits Trump environmental concerns

Despite calls for a boycott from conservationists, US tycoon Donald Trump was joined by two top golfers in teeing off at the opening of his controversial £1bn golf course on the Menie Estate in Abe...

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HSENI launch new online service

The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) has launched a new online service which allows you to lodge complaints about unsafe or unhealthy work activities...

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Hosepipe bans lifted

The final four water companies in England who were imposing a hosepipe ban have finally lifted it. South East Water, Sutton and East Surrey Water, Veolia Water Central and Veolia Water Southeast im...

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HSE in live Twitter chat

The Health and Safety Executive's (HSE) Chair, Judith Hackitt, will take part in a live Twitter-chat on Wednesday 11 July.

The hour-long session will start at 3pm un...

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Three is the magic number at Cedrec

Here at Cedrec we've been providing organisations with help and advice on health, safety and environmental compliance since 1994. Since then we have expanded greatly over the years and today offer...

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Sympathy pours in for flooded areas

Following the extreme weather that large parts of the UK experienced at the end of June, many families were left with the task of cleaning up flood damaged homes and communities, whilst providers o...

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Scotland could charge for bags

The Scottish Government may be following in the footsteps of Wales by charging 5p for every disposable carrier bag used. Similar plans were brought into force in Wales on 1 October 2011 and the

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The force is with DuPont Kevlar

The chairman of the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI), George Lucas, recently inducted the DuPont Kevlar® plant bases at Maydown Londonderry onto the...

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Dangers of makeshift lifting platforms highlighted

A manufacturing firm and its director have been fined after two teenage workers fell from a poorly designed lifting platform.

On 6 April 2009, Leon Payne and another agency worker who wishe...

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Justice prevails for sickly workers

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has expanded on its insistence that all workers throughout the EU have a right to reclaim holiday time affected by illness.

The ruling, made after an app...

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Clegg announces GHG reporting plans

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has confirmed that all businesses listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) will have to report on the greenhouse gases they emit under new plans.

From the...

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Rio+20 summit begins

The Rio+20 summit on sustainable development has begun with a warning from UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. This summit marks 20 years since the famous Earth Summit took place in Rio, which led to...

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National Recycle Week

This week is National Recycle Week, and councils, retailers and businesses from across the UK will be highlighting the plight of the plastic bottle.

Since its introduction around 65 years a...

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Compensation for scaffold victim

Richard Chodkiewicz has been given a seven figure sum in compensation after he was left brain damaged following an accident on a site. Mr. Chodkiewicz was working at the Bristol Radisson Blu Hotel...

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Nappy recycling is a rational idea!

A kerbside collection trial is underway in several areas of Scotland to help recycle the 160 million nappies landfilled every year in the country into roof tiles and benches.

Funded by Zero...

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