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Interpersonal skills an essential tool to drive health and safety performance

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While most people at work possess the technical skills required for their role, many lack the softer 'people' skills to effectively engage with, influence and motivate others. By developing these interpersonal skills, they will be better placed to encourage safe and healthy behaviours among the workforce and help to drive up health and safety standards.

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Thursday 10th May 2018
Exceptional apprentices, materials handling equipment operators and LGV drivers have been shortlisted, as well as managers, trainers, instructors, training teams and training providers.  Finalists are from companies of every size across the supply chain, including several well-known organisations, such as Lidl, Royal Mail, Wilko, Hasbro, Wincanton and Kuehne and Nagel.See the full list of Talent in Logistics Awards 2018 finalists here:http://www.talentinlogistics.co.uk/2018-finalists/
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 eRAMS: your route to concise, activity based RAs and method statements

Monday 14th May 2018
eRAMS is a practical online service that allows contractors and maintenance teams to create, amend, store and print activity-based risk assessments, plus method statements and construction phase plans (CPPs).  The easy to use eRAMS templates are based on extensive field testing, and input from leading contractors and key industry players on industry good practice.
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 Casella 63x digital sound level meters for occupational and environmental noise measurements

Monday 30th April 2018
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 RRC celebrates 90 years in its daily prize draw at SH Expo 2018

Wednesday 25th April 2018
To help celebrate our 90 years of delivering the highest quality training and education with our students, customers and friends, we have some very special offers at this year's show.Our prize draw will each day see the lucky winner receive a £1,000 training voucher for use on any RRC course, plus runner up prizes of Health & Safety for Dummies books. One lucky winner will also get our mystery prize, which is something to enjoy and nothing to do with training or HSE.
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Security Giants ADT have announced that they are “really excited” about their new partnership with lone worker safety experts, Safepoint.
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 Safepoint and ADT partner to protect lone workers

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Europe, 10th March, 2023: UK-based lone working experts Safepoint have signed an exclusive partnership agreement with ADT –one of the world’s most trusted security brands– to better protect their growing user base.
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 New Men’s Health Focus at Health and Wellbeing at Work

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Now in its 17th successful year, Health and Wellbeing at Work is launching a new men’s health focus alongside its 18 conference programmes
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