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Acorn Safety Services shortlisted for top award
A few days ago, we had a lovely surprise. We received an email telling us we had been nominated for the Best Customer Service award at the SME Northamptonshire Business Awards 2021. The next stage of the contest is a public vote and we have been touched by how many clients have already been in …
Is your workplace protecting people from legionella?
As more and more workplaces open up following the latest round of lockdowns there are lots of things that employers need to consider, to ensure employees and visitors to their premises remain safe. One-way systems have become the norm in many workplaces and the use of face masks and other Covid-19 related measures have become …
No excuse to ignore health and safety law with launch of new app
We were very interested to recently hear that the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has launched a bespoke mobile app which is designed to help organisations understand the law, their health and safety rights, and their responsibilities. The app has been created in partnership with The Stationery Office (TSO), and is primarily for small and …
What do Health and Safety breaches make you think about?
When I hear about health and safety breaches I always wonder how company bosses react to them. I’d like to think that bosses would take a minute to review their own practices and if they have employed experienced health and safety specialists they should feel confident that they are doing all they can to prevent …
Tragic case shows why we all need to take Health and Safety seriously
We were recently made aware of a very sad case which shows how tragic the consequences of a health and safety breach can be. A few weeks ago, Durham Crown Court heard that on 12 December 2015, Simon Hogg and Raymond Garrett were operating a waste processing line at the Aycliffe Quarry site of Stonegrave …
British organisations fined £11m for Health and Safety Breaches
During the first three months of 2021 businesses across Britain have been fined millions of pounds for breaching health and safety law. Between January and March, British firms, schools and local authorities were successfully prosecuted for a wide range of breaches which in many cases left workers and members of the public with life-changing injuries …
HSE boss calls for ‘renewed vigour’ to make workplaces Covid-secure
Last week, the Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) new chair used her first blog of 2021 to set out the organisation’s expectations of firms across Great Britain in the coming months. Sarah Newton, who took over the top job at the HSE last August, reflected on the past year and the impact Covid-19 had, had …
Is the HSE warning firms to get their houses in order?
At the beginning of the year, we shared the news that the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) had begun its search for a new Director of Legal Services. This was interesting because the role was a new position that had been created at the organisation following the HSE’s Chief Executive-led review. At the time, the …
Did you know we offer FREE Health and Safety Surgeries?
At Acorn Safety Services our expert team lives and breathes Health and Safety. We are passionate about what we do because our services keep people safe and help businesses to reduce staff absenteeism and ensure they are fully compliant with Health and Safety law. As a result, firms can say goodbye to the fear that …
Are your staff in need of Covid-19 tests?
Increasingly, we are finding that frontline workers, including construction workers, are expected to have regular Covid-19 tests before they report to their sites or workplaces. Only last week we were asked by a client to undertake inspections on a site in London. Their client insisted that anyone who visited the site must have received a …
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