With World Mental Health Day taking place on 10 October, now is an ideal time for employers to review their approach to supporting employee mental health, focusing on creating a culture of prevention before people reach crisis point.
By Sam Downie, Mates in Mind on 28 October 2025
Drug and alcohol testing can be an effective way of preventing substance misuse causing safety problems at work, but it’s vital to provide education and support so employees understand the dangers substance misuse poses to their own health and to the safety of colleagues and the public.
By Jordan Reid, Randox Testing Services on 01 October 2025
Look through recent reports and you will find a stack of stats behind the rise in stress among UK school teachers, from worsening pupil behaviour to teachers reporting chronic overwork.
By Belinda Liversedge on 06 October 2025
A new mobile app makes it easier for CFTS-accredited businesses to manage the delivery of Thorough Examinations of customers’ work equipment, but it also benefits the customer through automated reminders about the safety of their machine and the results of the examinations.
By Rob Fisher, CFTS on 30 October 2025
For many businesses, the Christmas and New Year period sees increased use of equipment like forklifts as customer demand, sales and goods handling surge, so it’s essential that measures like adequate segregation of people and machines are in place to keep everyone safe.
By Andy Cartwright, Mentor FLT Training on 30 October 2025
With research showing that professional drivers are twice as likely to develop type 2 diabetes than the general public, a new report sets out proven, low-cost measures fleet managers can adopt to both protect driver health and reduce the risk of road accidents involving drivers affected by symptoms of the condition.
By Becky Hadley on 30 October 2025
Fleet and video telematics are increasingly relied on by employers to spot and improve driver behaviour, but it’s essential drivers understand the purpose is to ensure their safety, rather than a tool for punishing them.
By Applied Driving, Blackout Technologies, Ctrack UK, Queclink Wireless and Surecam on 30 October 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 30 October 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 30 October 2025
Effective investigation of work-related road safety incidents is essential for driving improvements in a company’s occupational road risk management system.
By Simon Turner, Driving for Better Business on 30 October 2025
Successful management of occupational road risk is only possible if company directors take ownership of the process, setting expectations across the business, monitoring performance and setting a good example themselves.
By Simon Turner, Driving for Better Business on 30 October 2025
Rohan Jindal was cycling to college in Dehli where he was studying engineering, when he had to stop. Not because of the hot sun beating down, but because he couldn’t breathe. And although asthmatic, that wasn’t the trigger. Looking all around he saw construction sites emitting large clouds of dust. This was his ‘a ha’ moment. “What,” he asked himself “do they do in construction to supress the dust?”
By Belinda Liversedge on 30 October 2025
Businesses increasingly understand the benefits of integrating their approach to worker wellbeing with their sustainability goals – and there are some practical, low-cost and simple ways of achieving this.
By Dr Audrey Fleming and Dr Keith Whitehead, British Safety Council on 23 October 2025
