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How to protect your eyes from blue light
|Date: 29 April, 2025

How to protect your eyes from blue light
Uvex explains how you can protect your eyes from blue light After a long day on a construction site, you ...
Uvex explains how you can protect your eyes from blue light After a long day on a construction site, your eyes can feel strained and fatigued. Protecting them from harmful blue light is crucial. Exte ...
29 April, 2025
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The truth about telescopic ladders
|Date: 20 February, 2025

The truth about telescopic ladders
Essential equipment or safety hazard? Francis Camilleri, Technical Director at T.B. Davies, and Chair of ...
Essential equipment or safety hazard? Francis Camilleri, Technical Director at T.B. Davies, and Chair of the Ladder Association Technical Committee, gets to the truth about telescopic ladders Telesc ...
20 February, 2025
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Marley launches winter safety campaign – supporting roofers whatever the weather
|Date: 17 January, 2025

Marley launches winter safety campaign – supporting roofers whatever the weather
The UK weather is known for being unpredictable, and winter is no different. In fact, UK winters are now ...
The UK weather is known for being unpredictable, and winter is no different. In fact, UK winters are now 1°C warmer and 15% wetter on average – yet at the same time, still susceptible to unexpected ic ...
17 January, 2025
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Specsavers launches stylish new safety eyewear range
|Date: 18 December, 2024

Specsavers launches stylish new safety eyewear range
Specsavers has launched its newly enhanced safety eyewear range, co-created with Stryder Eyewear. This co ...
Specsavers has launched its newly enhanced safety eyewear range, co-created with Stryder Eyewear. This collaboration combines decades of expertise with innovation to deliver a collection designed to m ...
18 December, 2024
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The best way to keep your customers safe from carbon monoxide
|Date: 19 March, 2024

The best way to keep your customers safe from carbon monoxide
Stay safe with the SleepSafe range of carbon monoxide (CO) alarms from Arctic Hayes, reliable protectors ...
Stay safe with the SleepSafe range of carbon monoxide (CO) alarms from Arctic Hayes, reliable protectors against invisible, odourless and potentially deadly carbon monoxide. The SleepSafe COA7 and C ...
19 March, 2024
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How to choose the right hard hat
|Date: 19 March, 2024

How to choose the right hard hat
Wearing a hard hat is mandatory in many applications and industries, protecting the safety of individuals ...
Wearing a hard hat is mandatory in many applications and industries, protecting the safety of individuals in potentially hazardous environments. However, wearing PPE can be seen by users as a hindranc ...
19 March, 2024
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How to stay safe around mains electricity on site
|Date: 1 March, 2024

How to stay safe around mains electricity on site
When it comes to altering or moving UK Power Networks’ infrastructure the message is very clear – leave i ...
When it comes to altering or moving UK Power Networks’ infrastructure the message is very clear – leave it to the electricity distributor’s team of specialist engineers or risk serious consequences! P ...
1 March, 2024
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Makita’s cordless dust extractor buyer guide
|Date: 10 February, 2024

Makita’s cordless dust extractor buyer guide
In this month’s professional tools buyer’s guide, Makita provides guidance on the benefits of cordless du ...
In this month’s professional tools buyer’s guide, Makita provides guidance on the benefits of cordless dust extractors and what to look for when purchasing. Dust is a serious issue for trade professi ...
10 February, 2024
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Trade workers asked for free labour or advice at least twice a week
|Date: 6 February, 2024

Trade workers asked for free labour or advice at least twice a week
Trade workers are being asked 9 times a month on average by friends for free labour or advice.   Althoug ...
Trade workers are being asked 9 times a month on average by friends for free labour or advice.   Although the majority would not do their job unless they were paid, new research by Helly Hansen, a pr ...
6 February, 2024
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Keep people safe from future dangers of asbestos, regulator warns
|Date: 20 January, 2024

Keep people safe from future dangers of asbestos, regulator warns
© Kim Britten / Adobe Stock Buildings that people use in their daily lives, such as workplaces, schools a ...
© Kim Britten / Adobe Stock Buildings that people use in their daily lives, such as workplaces, schools and hospitals are the focus of a new campaign to keep people safe from asbestos. Asbestos: Your ...
20 January, 2024
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Marley’s Winter Safety Campaign aims to reduce health risks to roofers
|Date: 16 January, 2024

Marley’s Winter Safety Campaign aims to reduce health risks to roofers
As we head into the winter months, many people choose to stay indoors and keep warm. However, for the nat ...
As we head into the winter months, many people choose to stay indoors and keep warm. However, for the nation’s roofers and outdoor construction workers that’s not possible, with thousands braving the ...
16 January, 2024
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Make 2024 the year you check for the BSIF shield
|Date: 9 January, 2024

Make 2024 the year you check for the BSIF shield
The British Safety Industry Federation (BSIF) is urging specifiers and buyers of PPE and safety equipment ...
The British Safety Industry Federation (BSIF) is urging specifiers and buyers of PPE and safety equipment to ensure they check for the BSIF Registered Suppliers shield when buying PPE and safety equip ...
9 January, 2024
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42% of construction workers admit working from height regulations are being broken
|Date: 24 December, 2023

42% of construction workers admit working from height regulations are being broken
New research has revealed that 2 in 5 (42%) construction workers regularly break health and safety rules ...
New research has revealed that 2 in 5 (42%) construction workers regularly break health and safety rules because they view them as unnecessary.  The study, commissioned by Phoenix Health & Safety ...
24 December, 2023
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Safe Tread on ensuring a safe working environment
|Date: 28 September, 2023

Safe Tread on ensuring a safe working environment
Safe Tread provides some simple steps for ensuring a safe working environment for your customers. Slips a ...
Safe Tread provides some simple steps for ensuring a safe working environment for your customers. Slips and trips easily remain the top offender when it comes to workplace injuries. In fact, according ...
28 September, 2023
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Werner’s Stepping Up to Ladder Safety: A year later
|Date: 3 August, 2023

Werner’s Stepping Up to Ladder Safety: A year later
A year on from the launch of its work at height safety campaign, Stepping Up to Ladder Safety, Werner, th ...
A year on from the launch of its work at height safety campaign, Stepping Up to Ladder Safety, Werner, the access equipment specialist, celebrates campaign success and reminds professionals that best ...
3 August, 2023
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Uvex has the PPE solutions for hot weather 
|Date: 16 June, 2023

Uvex has the PPE solutions for hot weather 
Clair Weston, marketing manager at uvex, offers some tips for staying safe and comfortable while using PP ...
Clair Weston, marketing manager at uvex, offers some tips for staying safe and comfortable while using PPE this summer. uvex has a strong reputation for keeping people safe in sunny weather. Our name ...
16 June, 2023
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