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First workplace standard to address suicide awareness is published

BSI has today published BS 30480, the UK’s first-ever national standard to help workplaces prevent and respond to suicide.

By Belinda Liversedge on 07 November 2025

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Targeting dust in construction

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

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‘Casual attitude’ to pedestrian safety lands Biffa with £2.5m fine

Biffa Waste Services has been fined £2.48 million after a reversing skip wagon ran over a worker at a waste transfer station in Bradford.

By Belinda Liversedge on 04 November 2025

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Work-related road risk – steering clear of danger

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

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It is time to end the lottery of asbestos compensation

By Daniel Easton, Association of Personal Injury Lawyers on 30 October 2025

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An AI-enabled ‘zero-zero’ future

By Mike Robinson FCA, British Safety Council on 07 October 2025

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Act in autumn to fix work-related alcohol issues year-round

By Susan Laurie, Alcohol Change UK on 01 October 2025