We frequently receive emails and phone calls about health & Safety Advice from business owners and managers asking what they need in terms of health and safety requirements in the workplace. This is, of course, a huge question and not one that we can answer without visiting your business and seeing what things you currently have in place. Health and safety for many can be a mere afterthought. People often think that they are complying with the law or simply hoping that this is the case. Here are some of the absolute basics for you to consider. Here are some basic Health & Safety Advice ..read more

Top Tips to tackle work-related stress ‘Stress’ and “mental health” are terms that we have all come to be remarkably familiar with over the last year or so. The Covid-19 pandemic has undoubtedly had a negative impact on everyone’s lives both at home and in the workplace. It is worth outlining what the word ‘stress’ means, the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) say: “Stress is the adverse reaction people have to excessive pressure or other types of demand placed on them.” How can we tackle work-related stress? 1) Communication. If you do not communicate with your staff or have some means of do ..read more

Two of the leading companies in training and security have joined forces to raise the SIA Training standards of security staff training in Cornwall. Cornwall Training and Coast2Coast Security have become partners to offer SIA training in Cornwall. By joining forces, they will be raising the standards of training for security staff in Cornwall and being able to offer the possibility of job interviews from the courses. The SIA Training courses will be delivered by staff who have local frontline experience in security and medical support. Their first aid training has additional subjects added to ..read more

S.A.M.P.L.E – Why is it so important? You’re at work and suddenly you’re alerted to an incident, someone is unwell in the staff toilets. You attended a first aid course two years ago; the responsibility, therefore, falls onto you. You make your way to the staff toilets with the person who came to find you, they’re panicking and not being clear as to what is going on, your mind is racing, your heart is beating, this is the first time you’ve had to deal with anything like this. You desperately try to remember what you learned on that three-day course, you also remember that you weren’t really in ..read more

What is Forestry First Aid?  Forestry First Aid is specifically aimed at anyone who works in the outdoors and uses equipment or machinery that could potentially cause a serious, life-threatening injury. This includes tree surgeons, gardeners, maintenance teams, and anyone working in an agricultural environment. If you work with chainsaws or wood chippers, then this is certainly a course worth attending.   However, it is not all about injury. You will learn about illnesses relating to the environment such as heat stroke and hypothermia along with how to treat snake bites and recognise ..read more

5 Top Tips to run a safe event Are you an event organizer trying to navigate your way through your events compliance and ensure that everything runs smoothly? Fear not, here are 5 top tips to get you started. 1) Firstly, never assume that an event can ever be safe. In a way, the title of this blog piece should be “5 Top Tips to Run A Safe Event and be the safest event possible”. When we think something is safe, that is when things will go wrong because we have lulled into a false sense of security by risk assessments, policies, and procedures. Risk assessments are designed to reduce the level ..read more