As an employer you have a legal obligation to protect the health and safety of your employees. With over a third of all over three day injuries reported caused by manual handling activities, it’s vital that you understand your obligations.

Whether it is a false alarm, a training exercise or a real emergency, the way your staff react the next time the fire alarm sounds at your premises will tell if you have done a good job. They might know where the nearest exit is, where the extinguishers are and when to fight the fire or retreat, or they may not.

Safety Media has launched a new approach to licensing Health and Safety E-Learning courses to make it an affordable training resource for every company.

Like everyone I am concerned about the possible pandemic of the H1N1 Swine Flu virus which is being talked about continually on the news.

The time is here again when we all start thinking about visiting (or exhibiting) at the Safety & Health Expo at the NEC in Birmingham. This year the show is taking place on 12th to 14th of May.

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The current financial climate is causing headaches for many UK and global organisations, and it looks as though the UK economy could be in for a rough ride for the foreseeable future. The credit crunch appears to be tightening its grip, inflation is rising sharply, fuel and other costs are spiralling, and business confidence faltering.

With many businesses now considering E-Learning as part of their training mix, Julian Roberts Managing Director of Safety Media gives guidance on the first steps you need to take.
With the national press reminding us daily of the pressures put on us all by the credit crunch, many of us are looking at ways of [...]

The dust has settled and the hotel bills have been paid and now is the time to sit back and see how successful the Safety & Health Expo at the NEC has been for both Safety Media and our customers / potential customers.

My name is Julian Roberts and I am the Manging Director of Safety Media and have worked here since the company began in 1995.
In the 13 years that I’ve been in the industry, I’ve seen training develop and change in ways that would never have been imagined when Safety Media first started. The expectations [...]

The European Campaign for Safety and Health at Work (formerly Euroweek) campaign will this time be a 2 year campaign focussing on risk assessment. We support the campaign fully and to help understand the importance of risk assessments we have developed a brand new DVD to complement our industry-leading product Risk Assessor Pro