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Our blogs offer informal and opinionated insight into the most pertinent health and safety and workplace issues. Authored by our team of experts, our blogs take an alternate look at issues in the news.

We like to have an opinion! Follow our blogs for informed and lively discussion.

Alex Davies, Community manager
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PEOPLE AND CULTURE

AI in safety, health and wellbeing – the ethics, challenges and pitfalls

Published 5 Jan 2024

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NEBOSH certificate programme: the ‘new’ normal

Since the launch in 1989 of the National General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety, NEBOSH has been the dominant force in the health and...

Published 2 Jan 2024

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AI in safety, health and wellbeing – the ethics, challenges and pitfalls

The impact of AI is often described in terms of extremes. On the one hand, it’s seen as a technological breakthrough to allow us to...

Published 5 Jan 2024

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Fire safety guidance – what you need to know

Those of us who work in safety – and particularly in fire safety – have learned to see fire risk on a continuum. There really...

Published 19 Jun 2017

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Health and safety trends in the manufacturing industry

Manufacturing can be a dangerous business, it is one of the industries with the most workplace injuries and fatalities. It accounts for only 10% of...

Published 5 Nov 2014

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Psychological safety – trusting people to trust you as a business

Psychological safety – the belief that one can speak up without risk of punishment or humiliation – is long established as a crucial component to...

Published 17 May 2022

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Is your country the safest place to work?

Last week, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) published new figures showing that Britain continues to be one of the safest places to work in...

Published 4 Nov 2014

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