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  • BSIF appeals for real-life stories on how PPE saves lives and prevents injuries

    |Date: 16 May, 2025
    BSIF appeals for real-life stories on how PPE saves lives and prevents injuries

    BSIF appeals for real-life stories on how PPE saves lives and prevents injuries

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  • Improving ladder safety with Grabo Pro and the Ergoniks Ladder Anchor

    |Date: 21 March, 2025
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    21 March, 2025
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  • The truth about telescopic ladders

    |Date: 20 February, 2025
    The truth about telescopic ladders

    The truth about telescopic ladders

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  • Health: Shoulder pain

    |Date: 31 December, 2024
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    31 December, 2024
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  • Introducing the new Festool air purifier

    |Date: 14 November, 2024
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    Festool’s latest innovation has an air of superiority   Introducing the new Festool air purifier. The unit filters harmful airborne dust from the air, whilst its compact Systainer format and low weigh ...

    14 November, 2024
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  • Electricity safety explained with UK Power Networks

    |Date: 1 November, 2024
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    1 November, 2024
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  • HazardCo is the simple health & safety system for builders

    |Date: 22 October, 2024
    HazardCo is the simple health & safety system for builders

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    HazardCo launches in the UK. As a leading digital health and safety system, it is poised to help UK builders streamline their health and safety processes. Already trusted by over 10,000 businesses and ...

    22 October, 2024
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  • Industry changes to ensure safe working at height

    |Date: 14 September, 2024
    Industry changes to ensure safe working at height

    Industry changes to ensure safe working at height

    Professional Builder puts the questions to the Ladder Association’s Executive Director, Peter Bennett on ...

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    14 September, 2024
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  • Talking to Totectors about safety footwear you can trust

    |Date: 27 April, 2024
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    27 April, 2024
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  • How to choose the right safety eyewear

    |Date: 26 April, 2024
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    Clair Weston, marketing manager at uvex, considers some common problems wearers of safety eyewear encounter and offers some solutions 1. Misting up Problem: Glasses or goggles that mist up are irritat ...

    26 April, 2024
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  • The Professional Builder Podcast: Supporting the Trades

    |Date: 25 April, 2024
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    In this month’s edition of the Professional Builder podcast we talk to two commendable organisations who ...

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    25 April, 2024
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  • WernerCo issues vital safety warning on mixing and matching of tower components

    |Date: 6 April, 2024
    WernerCo issues vital safety warning on mixing and matching of tower components

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    WernerCo, the world’s leading access equipment solutions specialist and manufacturer of the BoSS access t ...

    WernerCo, the world’s leading access equipment solutions specialist and manufacturer of the BoSS access towers, has issued a clear warning against the mixing and matching of tower components from mult ...

    6 April, 2024
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  • Workers warned of ignoring the risks from long-term back problems 

    |Date: 31 March, 2024
    Workers warned of ignoring the risks from long-term back problems 

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    Health and safety experts at Blue Trolley have highlighted the risks causing back problems in the workpla ...

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    31 March, 2024
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  • How to choose the right hard hat

    |Date: 19 March, 2024
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    19 March, 2024
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  • Work at height charity launches first ever No Falls Week

    |Date: 14 March, 2024
    Work at height charity launches first ever No Falls Week

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    Taking place between 13 and 17 May 2024, No Falls Week’s mission is simple yet crucial; to raise awarenes ...

    Taking place between 13 and 17 May 2024, No Falls Week’s mission is simple yet crucial; to raise awareness about the importance of safe working at height, prevent falls and ensure everyone that works ...

    14 March, 2024
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  • Safety Shock: 15% increase in construction fatalities in the past year

    |Date: 10 March, 2024
    Safety Shock: 15% increase in construction fatalities in the past year

    Safety Shock: 15% increase in construction fatalities in the past year

    © Fluky / Adobe Stock Just under a third of all recorded fatalities were falls from height. This is 3 tim ...

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    10 March, 2024
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