Taking Compliance Above and Beyond

Steel stockholders and distributors John Tainton had worked hard to build a solid safety track record across their UK and Ireland operations. So when an incident prompted a visit from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), they...

Food Safety Fuels Five-Star Customer Feedback

With ambitious plans to expand their family of casually classic French restaurants, Bistrot Pierre needed a scalable safety solution that could hold its own across 21 thriving outlets. Southalls’ frontline EHO expertise guided the...

Reputation management 101: How a workplace accident can ruin your warehouse or distribution business today

Companies are defined by their reputations. It can take years to build your brand and only minutes for it to come crashing down. Although hard to put a monetary value on it, reputation is a company’s most precious commodity and...

Unravelling ISO45001 with Andy Hall

  Before joining Southalls, I spent many years as a health and safety inspector investigating a range of health and safety incidents. Sadly, some of these accidents resulted in fatalities or serious life-changing injuries. I quickly...

How to Convince Your Boss to Take Health & Safety Seriously

When it comes to ‘selling’ safety and gaining ‘buy in’, it is often the shop floor workers who may be resistant. The seasoned workers who don’t like change, the newbies who think they know best, the pessimist who thinks safety is...

Paid Summer Marketing Intern Needed

We’re one of the UK’s fastest-growing Health and Safety consultancies, offering market-leading safety management software, exceptional staff and client retention – and game-changing career opportunities. The role Due to business...

Wood Dust Exposure Leads to £8,000 Fine

Furniture maker, Andrena Furniture, in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire has been fined £8,000 and also ordered to pay costs of £1,080 after its employees were exposed to significant quantities of hardwood dust. The Health and Safety Executive...

10 Top Tips to Save Money on Safety in the Warehousing Sector

Saving time and money is imperative when you are operating in a competitive market. But it is not at all easy to combine cost-cutting with good health and safety practice. After all, overlook key health and safety requirements and you...

IOSH Safety Training for Executives & Directors

As a senior executive, you define the safety culture of your organisation – from managing risk and complying with Health and Safety Executive (HSE) regulations to keeping your staff safe. With companies facing stiffer penalties for...

Compliance, Cost Savings and a Complete Culture Change

ACO Technologies’ state-of-the-art surface water management systems make travel safer for car, air and rail passengers across the globe. We helped them build an equally innovative safety solution for their own team that realised cost...

How Electrical Equipment Can Test Your Business

Testing is a tricky business, not only the meticulous procedures this essential activity can require, but also the potential business burden it creates if unnecessary tests are carried out. Testing may be carried out for regulatory...