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Mental Health in the Workplace

Introduction Before COVID-19, there was a crisis in mental health in the workplace, costing the UK economy almost £35 billion. COVID-19 has highlighted these problems, with mental health collectively suffering and deteriorating across the UK. Here is what we think workplaces should be encouraging to help support their employees and colleagues. How can you make […]

Operational Update

As the situation surrounding COVID-19 continues to change daily. We would like to give you an operational update. As a business we doing everything we can to ensure we keep our team safe while continuing to deliver the quality of services expected by our clients. Following the latest advice from the UK Government we have […]

How to get involved in World Restart a Heart Day

Amalgamate are delighted to be supporting World Restart a Heart Day on the 16th October 2019, here are some ways you can get involved too. Running Sessions The British Heart Foundation has various ways of getting yourself, your community, work or school involved. If you want to attend or volunteer to assist in the running […]

Why is it is important get involved in World Restart a Heart Day?

As we approach World Restart a Heart Day on the 16th October 2019. The British Heart Foundation has published figures showing that around 30,000 people will have an out-of-hospital heart attack, and therefore will be reliant on the public to assist them until they receive help from the emergency services. It could come as a […]

Legal Update: September 2019

It is no surprise that Brexit and its potential impact on the UK and it is understandable then that the health and safety changes coming our way in 2019 are being shaped by these events. We take a look at the current and recent legal updates in the UK H&S world. Health and Safety (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 […]

The Main Causes of Workplace Fatalities During 2018/19

Following on from the HSE’s recently published annual figures for work-related fatal injuries during 2018/19 it is hugely concerning that in this day and age a total of 147 people were killed going to at work. This is an increase on the previous year. We thought it was appropriate to highlight the main causes of […]

Becoming a Trained First Aider with Amalgamate

Day 1 Staring out the window at the beautiful Scottish countryside on the train to go down to Ayrshire, I was really looking forward to the next three days and my First Aid at Work course. Since starting work at Amalgamate I had realised how little I knew about first aid. Writing articles for our […]

Office Administrator Role Available

We’re on the hunt for a part-time Office Administrator to join the team at our Glasgow office. We’re looking for an intelligent and self‐motivated person who can support our consultants in providing excellent service to our clients. We’re a small team, which means that you can get involved in lots of different aspects of the […]

Amalgamate is a finalist for a GO Award!

We’re delighted to have been selected as a finalist for the GO Best Service Award: Micro and Small Businesses and Third Sector Organisations. The GO Awards recognise excellence in public procurement: “The effective delivery of public services is dependent on a robust, vibrant and innovative supply chain. The GO Best Service Award for Micro and Small […]

Merry Christmas!

All the team at Amalgamate would like to wish you a very merry christmas, and a happy hogmanay. 2016 has been a busy, interesting and challenging year, and we’ve enjoyed working with new clients, developing our relationships with our existing clients, moving into our new office, and learning some different skills. We can’t wait to see what 2017 has in […]