New Alcohol Guidelines Show Increased Risk of Cancer
New Guidelines set for Alcohol Consumption. Recommended Weekly Guidelines decrease for Men to 14 units of alcohol each week, the same level as for women. Guidelines for [...]
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Modelling the economic impacts of an accident at major hazard sites
Model to determine broad range of economic costs of accidents at major hazard sites. Model developed by the Health and Safety Laboratory in Buxton (HSL) with further input [...]
Summer 2015 Budget
National Living Wage replaces Minimum Wage. £7.20 p/h in April 2016 increasing to £9 p/h by 2020. National insurance bill reduction of further £1,000. Corporation Tax [...]
HSE releases annual workplace fatalities
142 workers fatally injured at work between April 2014 and March 2015 (a rate of 0.46 fatalities per 100,000 workers). Compares to last year’s all-time low of 136 (0.45 [...]
Gov launch free cyber security training to boost procurement security
New online cyber security training course to help the procurement profession stay safe online. Freely available online. Recent Report shows “74% of small businesses [...]
Cyber Security Report in to Role of Insurance Industry
Summary Report in collaboration with UK insurance market and top UK companies. Report notes a significant gap in awareness around the use of insurance. Less than 10% of UK [...]
HO/CO: Cyber security ‘myths’ putting a third of SME revenue at risk
Summary 66% of SMEs don’t consider their business to be vulnerable. Just 16% say that improving their cyber security is a top priority for 2015. 24% think that cyber [...]
Recycling up and costs down under new regime say BIS
Summary New WEEE regs introduced in 2014 saw a 4% increase in collections compared to 2013. Estimated savings to producers in excess of £18 million. Original Author: BIS [...]
Nuisance Calls & Spam Texts – ‘Crack Down’ Announced
Summary Change will make it easier for ICO to issue fines up to £500,000. No longer need to prove a company caused ‘substantial damage or substantial distress’. [...]
ICO Led International Study into Cookies Released.
Summary A cookie can last 7,984 years, according to new international privacy study. UK websites place more cookies but give more information than any other country surveyed. [...]
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