Client Description A charity who provide care and support to children with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions and their families across Kent, South East London and East Sussex. The charity has a branch in our home town of Sittingbourne in Kent. Scope of Works Carry out health and safety audits of their eighteen locations and keep their staff and volunteers trained… read more →

Client Description Luxury 5 star service boutique hotels located in London, England. Scope of Works Create a partnership with a health and safety consultancy company to implement the necessary management systems to stay compliant with health and safety, fire safety and food safety laws and regulations. Solution This client has access to the PYRAMID™ Risk Management system which was first… read more →

The eLearning Zone is DDS International’s latest web based application. The application has been developed over the last twelve months and has been based on the need to automate and streamline the management of organisation health and safety training needs and to ensure employees are always meeting their training requirements. The eLearning Zone is currently used by DDS International and… read more →

In this article we take a look at the anatomy of a fire risk assessment report and find out what should be included. This article can be used as a guide when you receive a report following a fire risk assessment to ensure your fire risk assessment meets the required standards. The sections below are based on the fire risk… read more →

I have analysed the latest 1,000 fire risk assessments that have been completed on the PYRAMID™ Risk Management System for this article. The reason for the analysis was to find the most common reasons for fire safety non-conformance. The data has been collated from fire risk assessments carried out across the retail, restaurant, hotel, hospital, housing and office sectors. PYRAMID™… read more →

This article has been written to work as a reference when you are completing a health and safety workplace accident report and investigation. It is always good practice to record an accident however small, it protects both the company and the injured person (IP) should any future problems occur. Reporting all accidents also makes it easier to spot trends and… read more →

While I was researching for my 22 Cases of Bacteria Contaminated Food Recalls in the UK article I came across some quite bizarre and shocking contaminants which required a nationwide recall that I want to share with you. I will now count down the seven most shocking contaminants I have discovered. This list is composed using the Food Standards Agency’s… read more →

In this article we take a look at twenty two cases of bacteria contaminated food recalls in the UK. This list is composed using the Food Standards Agency’s historic records of food alerts news. We first take a look into the details of the food recall and the type of contamination and end with information about the bacteria found in… read more →

A list of expensive fines given to companies who have been in breach of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. 25. Gurpartap Singh Bhullar – £20,250 Gurpartap Singh Bhullar is a landlord from Slough, Berkshire. Bhullar appeared at Reading Crown Court in August 2013 facing eight charges of fire safety offences. The charges were brought by the Royal Berkshire… read more →

Overview of incident A Chinese restaurant owner has been ordered to pay more than £4,000 for flouting fire safety laws and putting lives at risk. A fire involving electrical items, magazines along with a suitcase started in a second floor bedroom above a Chinese restaurant. The incident prompted Hampshire fire safety officers to undertake a fire safety inspection of the… read more →