14/05/2021
Reopening indoor spaces and hotels – COVID-19 UK update
As bars, pubs and restaurants across the UK’s devolved nations look forward, to reopening indoors, over […]
Health & Safety
02/02/2020
What you should know about Coronavirus
What is Coronavirus? Coronaviruses are a group of airborne viruses that cause diseases in mammals […]
27/05/2019
Beefing up Penalties: Food Hygiene and Health and Safety Offences
Guidance issued by the Sentencing Council for England and Wales is fortunately unlikely to affect […]
15/02/2019
Improving your food safety and health & safety compliance
Following on from our previous blog What is the cost of poor food hygiene ratings?, […]
14/01/2019
Investigating accidents at work and risk assessments review
by Catriona Cowan, Shield Safety Group, Audit Team Leader When working as an Environmental Health […]
11/01/2019
Veganuary and the retreat from meat
The move towards eating less meat is one of the food trends that will dominate […]
18/04/2018
8 handy tips to reduce the cost of working days lost
The cost of working days lost as a result of work-related injury and ill heath […]
06/03/2018
Shine a light on: work-related stress
The HSE’s Go Home Healthy campaign, was launched at the HSE annual conference on 18 […]
18/01/2018
Shine a light on: work-related musculoskeletal disorders
In our blog, Shine a light on: work-related lung disease, we focused on just one […]
01/12/2017
Shine a light on: work-related lung disease
Coinciding with the Health and Safety Executive’s ‘Go Home Healthy Campaign’, November was Lung Cancer […]
07/11/2017
Infographic – Health & Safety at Work 2016/17
Each year the Health and Safety Executive publishes key figures for Great Britain’s Health & […]
05/10/2017
How does mental health fit into workplace safety?
World Mental Health Day 2017 on October 10th is an important reminder that the mental […]
29/09/2017
Shield Safety at Health & Safety North
Shield Safety Group is looking forward to their return to Health & Safety North once […]
22/09/2017
Knife safety – let’s cut to the chase
Unless controlled adequately, using a knife is a high-risk activity in kitchens. This was seen […]
18/08/2017
Infographic — Millennials in Health & Safety
As reported in SHP Online, a study carried out by WorkMobile on 2,000 employees at […]
21/06/2017
Health and Safety in festival season
Avid music fans are today making their way to the biggest festival in the UK, […]
27/02/2017
Making a splash with pool safety
The leisure sector is wide-ranging with swimming pools, fairgrounds, cinemas, sports facilities, and play areas […]
17/02/2017
Introducing… Resourcing
Shield Safety Group is pleased to announce a brand new service: Resourcing. We now have […]
01/02/2017
Helpline Advice 5 – Accident Investigation
Even with rigorous Health & Safety precautions in place, accidents can happen in the workplace. […]