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.

While working at a computer workstation is an increasingly common feature of the modern career, long periods in front of display screen equipment (DSE) can have health and safety consequences.

No matter what market sector or type of organisation they work in, many employees face manual handling tasks on a daily basis, as do people going about their ordinary lives. If manual handling tasks are performed incorrectly, they lead to a huge amount of distress and pain to individuals and can result in massive disruption to both the workplace and home life, sometimes on a lifelong basis.

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 [...]

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 [...]