Director of health and safety at the Canal & River Trust, Anne Gardner-Aston, shares what she’s most proud of achieving in the past four years since taking on a new role in the wake of a turbulent moment in the charity’s history.
By Belinda Liversedge on 02 December 2025
Mobile workers often struggle to access clean and safe welfare facilities when out on the road, but a new app-based initiative aims to overcome this perennial problem by pairing accommodating venues with workers.
By Stu Drinkwater, TAL Services on 17 November 2025
Effective management of occupational road risk is only possible if employers successfully communicate the importance of all drivers adopting safe behaviours on the road, and there are some simple ways of achieving this.
By Nigel Lawrence, Applied Driving on 24 November 2025
Senior safety professionals who can influence culture, lead transformation, and align health and safety with wider business goals are in growing demand by employers, the recruiter Irwin & Colton have said.
By Belinda Liversedge on 29 October 2025
By Belinda Liversedge on 28 October 2025
By Belinda Liversedge on 24 October 2025
By Belinda Liversedge on 17 October 2025
By Belinda Liversedge on 16 October 2025
By Matthew Winn, British Safety Council on 14 October 2025
Director of health and safety at the Canal & River Trust, Anne Gardner-Aston, shares what she’s most proud of achieving in the past four years since taking on a new role in the wake of a turbulent moment in the charity’s history.
By Belinda Liversedge on 02 December 2025
By Belinda Liversedge on 30 October 2025
By Rob Fisher, CFTS on 30 October 2025
By Andy Cartwright, Mentor FLT Training on 30 October 2025
A manufacturer of rolled aluminium products has been fined £300,000 after a worker was crushed under a 1.5-tonne hydraulic arm at its site in Bridgnorth.
By Belinda Liversedge on 29 October 2025
By Belinda Liversedge on 22 October 2025
By Belinda Liversedge on 17 September 2025
By Belinda Liversedge on 15 September 2025
Each day across the UK, millions of employees take to the roads as part of their working lives. Whether delivering parcels, attending client meetings or riding bicycles between jobs, road use plays a vital role in keeping businesses going. While the general health and safety landscape has evolved significantly over recent decades, work-related road risk (‘WRRR’) remains an area that is too often overlooked by employers.
By Ben Pepper, CL Medilaw on 30 October 2025
By Daniel Easton, Association of Personal Injury Lawyers on 30 October 2025
By Mike Robinson FCA, British Safety Council on 07 October 2025
By Susan Laurie, Alcohol Change UK on 01 October 2025
