Staying Sharp: Why Keeping Up to Date is Essential for Health and Safety Professionals
In the fast-moving world of health and safety, standing still means falling behind. Laws can change regularly, best practices get better, and new dangers pop up all the time. For those of us working in health and safety, Continuing Professional Development (CPD) isn’t just something you schedule; it should be how we think every […]
Sureteam Welcomes Seasoned Risk Management Trainer Neil Farrer to the Team
We’re delighted to welcome Neil Farrer CMgr FCMI TechIOSH to the Sureteam team as our newest Health & Safety Advisor and Trainer. With over 30 years of experience in risk management, compliance and training delivery, much of it gained in high-hazard environments, Neil brings a wealth of knowledge and a proactive, people-focused approach to health […]
New Fire Fighting Foam Regulations Coming into Force – Are your Extinguishers Still Legal?
If you have firefighting extinguishers in your workplace that contain foam (known as AFFF – aqueous film-forming foams), you will need to ensure that by 4 July 2025, they do not contain PFOA (perfluorooctanoic acid and its derivatives).
New Simpler Recycling Rules come into Force this March – Is your Business Ready?
How good is your business at recycling? Whilst many companies have made efforts over the last few years to separate general waste and recyclable items, it is now going to be a legal requirement to do so when the new Simpler Recycling Law comes into force on 31 March 2025 (31 March 2027 for Micro-Businesses). […]
New Fire Regulations in the UK and What it means for Non-Domestic Businesses
New Fire Regulations came into force in October 2023 in the latest phase of reforms by the UK government to improve fire safety and building safety following the terrible Grenfell fire in 2017. The new safety guidance was part of the new fire safety legal provisions within section 156 of the Building Safety Act 2022 […]