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Sunbelt Rentals safely celebrates a decade of gold awards

|Date: July 06, 2021

Sunbelt Rentals safely celebrates a decade of gold awards

The UK’s leading rental specialist Sunbelt Rentals has been recognised by the Royal Society for the Preve ...

The UK’s leading rental specialist Sunbelt Rentals has been recognised by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) with a tenth consecutive RoSPA Gold Medal Award. As a result, Sunbel ...

July 06, 2021
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Engcon | Safety must be made a top priority!

|Date: January 27, 2021

Engcon | Safety must be made a top priority!

"Optimistically, I believed that all of us in the contract and construction industry considered safety as ...

"Optimistically, I believed that all of us in the contract and construction industry considered safety as the single most important issue. That safety surpasses profitability and efficiency" says Stig ...

January 27, 2021
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Safe social distance in the workplace with the WorkSafe Safe Spacer from Emtec

|Date: January 11, 2021

Safe social distance in the workplace with the WorkSafe Safe Spacer from Emtec

WorkSpace, a division of IT specialists, Emtec Corporation, has just launched the WorkSafe Safe Spacer we ...

WorkSpace, a division of IT specialists, Emtec Corporation, has just launched the WorkSafe Safe Spacer wearable social distance monitor. The ground-breaking device, which has been developed in conjunc ...

January 11, 2021
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Tended hires former HS2 behavioural scientist to support implementation of social distancing wearable

|Date: December 17, 2020

Tended hires former HS2 behavioural scientist to support implementation of social distancing wearable

Safety Tech Tended has hired Jules Reed, a behavioural scientist, to work with customers during the imple ...

Safety Tech Tended has hired Jules Reed, a behavioural scientist, to work with customers during the implementation period of its social distancing wearable. Tended launched a wearable with social dist ...

December 17, 2020
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Scottish Plant Owners Association calls for concerted industry action to tackle drug and alcohol misuse

|Date: December 02, 2020

Scottish Plant Owners Association calls for concerted industry action to tackle drug and alcohol misuse

The Scottish Plant Owners Association (SPOA) has called for stakeholders from across the industry to come ...

The Scottish Plant Owners Association (SPOA) has called for stakeholders from across the industry to come together to tackle the widespread problem of plant operators failing drug and alcohol tests wi ...

December 02, 2020
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Aggreko rings humidity alarm in response to National Maintenance Week

|Date: November 26, 2020

Aggreko rings humidity alarm in response to National Maintenance Week

Professionals working in the built environment are being reminded of the true cost of humidity ahead of N ...

Professionals working in the built environment are being reminded of the true cost of humidity ahead of National Maintenance Week 2020, which takes place from 20-27 November this year. An annual campa ...

November 26, 2020
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MPA calls for caution on Highway Code changes

|Date: November 18, 2020

MPA calls for caution on Highway Code changes

The MPA has warned of the potential dangers to cyclists from overtaking heavy vehicles, including concret ...

The MPA has warned of the potential dangers to cyclists from overtaking heavy vehicles, including concrete mixers and HGVs, on the left, as proposed in the updated version of the Highway Code. The pro ...

November 18, 2020
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Inmalo helping the fight against nuisance dust on major projects

|Date: November 05, 2020

Inmalo helping the fight against nuisance dust on major projects

The HSE ‘Dust Buster’ campaign started on the 5th October and aims to highlight the occupational health d ...

The HSE ‘Dust Buster’ campaign started on the 5th October and aims to highlight the occupational health dangers associated with dust and the risk of respiratory lung disease within the construction in ...

November 05, 2020
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Trime’s X-Mist motivates High Motive to sanitise trackside workers

|Date: November 05, 2020

Trime’s X-Mist motivates High Motive to sanitise trackside workers

Even before this current pandemic, communications experts, High Motive always ensured that all their hire ...

Even before this current pandemic, communications experts, High Motive always ensured that all their hire equipment was thoroughly cleaned and sanitised prior to issue. When the company became involve ...

November 05, 2020
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Plans unveiled for Damage Prevention Day 2020

|Date: October 28, 2020

Plans unveiled for Damage Prevention Day 2020

UKPN, UKOPA, Fisher German, Portsmouth Water, BeforeUdig NZ, Linewatch and Rhino, are amongst the major n ...

UKPN, UKOPA, Fisher German, Portsmouth Water, BeforeUdig NZ, Linewatch and Rhino, are amongst the major names taking to the ‘stage’, when The Damage Prevention Day Conference, which focuses on protect ...

October 28, 2020
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