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Celebrating a triple contract award

We are celebrating a strong start to the season, with 3 new clients coming onboard. The diversity of our offer enables us to provide training to Cowal Design based in Dunoon and Oban and on-going H&S consultancy services to MMG Contracts Scotland Ltd based in Clydebank. In addition, we are delighted to be delivering training […]

The Turnbull report and beyond

Over recent years the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) has broadly welcomed new guidelines, which describe how risk management assessments must be included in the accounts of every company listed on the London Stock Exchange. However, at Amalgamate we are concerned that they do not place enough emphasis on occupational health and safety […]

Site safety in procurement

Amalgamate continue to support businesses aiming to develop their health and safety management systems in order to gain Site Safety in Procurement (SSIP) accreditation. By meeting the SSIP accreditation companies can focus on their offer with the confidence that they will meet the requirements of public sector tenders thus improving their chance of success. If […]

Winter Driving

If it’s beginning to look a lot like winter and you’re digging out your winter woolies, then it’s time to think about the risks associated with winter driving. A clear, frosty and sunny morning may look glorious through the window but the low winter sun can be a hazard. The low angle of the sun […]

Safety notice – Management of the risks from legionella

Legionella safety – general approach An effective approach to managing risks is set out in HSE’s Approved Code of Practice L8: Legionnaires’ disease: the control of legionella bacteria in water systems. In July 2012, HSE issued a Health and Safety Notice in relation to legionella risks from cooling towers and evaporative condensers: “Management of the […]

Summer Review

Welcome to our Summer Review, our newsletter is designed to keep you up-to-date with the Amalgamate team and our ambition to deliver effective Occupational Health and Safety solutions. It has been a busy few months since our last newsletter and we’ve had some great new clients coming on board. Click here to read the full […]

Back to school at Govan High

In February we posted about our support of S5/6 pupils in Govan High School as part of the Brookfield Construction Independent Learning Programme. On Friday 20th April, following a lot of hard work and effort, the students were given their opportunity to present their work in front of an audience at the Burrell Collection lecture […]