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How a Fire Risk Assessment helps to protect your business
Why do you need a fire risk assessment? A fire in the workplace is the kind of risk that many businesses put off thinking about. It is a fairly rare occurrence, but if one happens, the effects can be extremely grave. Consequences could include death or severe injury, as well as loss of property, data, plant […]
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We’ve somersaulted our way to a new health and safety consultancy contract with Ryze
We are happy to announce that we’ll be working in partnership with Ryze Leisure UK to provide ongoing health and safety consultancy services for their trampoline parks. As a physical activity centre, they face a unique set of challenges to ensure the safety of their customers and staff, and we look forward to supporting them […]
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Manual Handling Training Course – Protect Your Back!
Musculo-skeletal injuries, including those caused by manual handling, account for more than a third of all work-related illnesses, and cause over 8 million days absence per year. The average length of absence is 16 days – what sort of impact would that have on your business? One of the key things that you can do to […]
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First Aid Training – 3 days to learn how to save a life
In the UK, thousands of people die every year in incidents where first aid could have saved them, if only there was someone there who knew how to help. The sad fact is that many people don’t know even the basics of first aid. In the workplace though, this is countered by legislation requiring that trained first […]
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Work Related Stress – what can employers do to help?
Work-related stress is the second most commonly reported cause of occupational ill health in Great Britain, accounting for 44% of all work-related ill-health cases. It is also the most common reason that people are absent due to ill health, being responsible for 57% of all days taken off. This is why the HSE has made it one of […]
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PPE Regulation Changes – The Basics
The law on Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is changing. The new PPE Regulation will reflect changes in how PPE is developed, produced and sold, and will affect everyone in the PPE industry – including manufacturers, importers, distributors and retailers. Although full enforcement of the PPE Regulation won’t take place until April 2018, following a two-year transition […]
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Businesses set straight about high heels
As a company that cares a great deal about employee well-being, we welcome the news that the government inquiry into dress codes has recognised that action needs to be taken to improve the law around dress codes. The inquiry came about because of a petition started by Nicola Thorp, whose employer sent her home without pay for refusing to […]
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Fire Safety Training – Protecting Lives in your Workplace
All our fire safety training courses are delivered by highly experienced professionals, who have worked for many years in the UK Fire and Rescue services as operational firefighters and fire safety educators. This means that they have the knowledge and experience to deliver courses that are relevant, realistic, and interesting. Fire Warden Course Our fire […]
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Discount on training courses booked in January 2017
To help your business to start the new year off right, we’re offering a great 10% discount on all bookings made in January for our First Aid and IOSH Working Safely training courses. We run both courses on a monthly basis, so it’s easy to find dates that fit in with your business needs. Focusing […]
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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 […]
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