Feature Articles

A new guide for trade union representatives on the UK’s key employment and health and safety enforcement agencies has been published by the TUC. The guide aims to raise awareness among reps of workers’ basic rights, and outlines the role of agencies such as HSE and the Gangmasters Licensing Authority.

A new resource has been launched aimed at helping people who suffer from rheumatoid arthritis (RA) take control of their condition and improve their ability to stay in work. The free resource, called WorkWise, has been developed jointly by the National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society (NRAS) and the healthcare company Abbott.

Chris Warburton looks at the likely impact of the recommendations of the Löfstedt review of health and safety legislation.

A new pocket card designed to warn employees of the risk of leptospirosis infection has been published by HSE.

Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council has been fined after carbon monoxide leaked from a gas boiler at a community centre. Fenton Magistrates’ Court heard that after users of the town’s Westlands Community Centre called the fire service to deal with a suspected gas leak, firefighters found high levels of carbon monoxide escaping from the flue in the loft and evacuated the building.

Moving to a common accounting standard could reap big rewards for the global insurance industry, says Francesco Nagari

With cloud computing continuing to mature as a reliable and cost-effective IT platform, FMs are increasingly utilising the cloud to deliver services right across their businesses. Dave Howell reports.