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Top 10 Ways to Become More Resilient

April is Stress Awareness Month. With 51% of all work-related ill-health caused by stress, anxiety, or depression, it’s crucial to take proactive steps to support employee resilience. By fostering a workplace culture that prioritises wellbeing, businesses can enhance productivity, reduce absenteei...

15 June 2017
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Managing Fire Risk in the Workplace

How Should I Manage the Risk of Fire in My Workplace? Yesterday there was a devastating fire in a London residential building, Grenfell Tower, which has claimed 17 lives*. That death toll will rise in the coming days. (* update: 71 deaths now confirmed) In the cold hard light of day, a lot of organ...

An Open Letter: dealing with emotional trauma after the Manchester attack

An Open Letter: dealing with emotional trauma after the Manchester attack It was a normal Monday night in Manchester, but something special was happening. At Manchester Arena, a concert stadium that holds 21,000 people, Ariana Grande was performing! The excitement that thousands of children, ...

5 Themes from Mental Health Awareness Week 2017

5 Themes That Came Out of Mental Health Awareness Week 2017 This week has been all about mental health. A lot has been said in the media, and we’ve received a lot of feedback on our articles. Let’s discuss 5 of the major themes that came out of Mental Health Awareness Week. 1. I...

5 Essentials for Your Mental Health Toolkit

5 Essentials for Your Mental Health Toolkit There are many effective coping mechanisms that we can all use to improve the quality of our lives. I’m going to talk about 5 of these practical tools and strategies, which can help you increase your personal resilience and manage stress or your m...

UK Mental Health Awareness Week 2017

Mental Health Awareness Week This week in the UK it’s Mental Health Awareness Week (8 – 14 May 2017), and the big question being posed is: Are we surviving or are we thriving? To find out more about the campaign, go to mentalhealth.org.uk Mental Health and Wellbeing are the hot topics ri...

5 things EMPLOYERS can do to reduce stress and improve the wellbeing and mental health of their people

Reducing stress and improving wellbeing and mental health: Part 2: 5 things EMPLOYERS can do to reduce stress and improve the wellbeing and mental health of their people In Part 1, we discussed 5 things that we as individuals can do to reduce stress and improve our wellbeing and mental heal...

5 things YOU can do to reduce stress and improve your wellbeing and mental health

Reducing stress and improving wellbeing and mental health: Part 1: 5 things YOU can do to reduce stress and improve your wellbeing and mental health Are you feeling a little low? Are your energy levels not where they should be? Has the onset of spring not lifted your spirits? Are you unable ...

Mental Health and Wellbeing – what’s the real story?

In 2014/15 stress, anxiety and depression resulted in 9.9 million working days lost, at an estimated social and economic cost of £5.2 billion. Not only are stress and mental health issues damaging to people’s health and wellbeing, but they also impact profitability in many ways, including Reduced...

8 September 2016
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G4S Fined £1.8m for Legionella Failings

G4S Cash Solutions have been prosecuted after failing to reduce the risk of Legionnaires’ disease from its water systems. They have been fined £1.8 million + £34k costs. This is one of the highest fines we have seen applied since the inception of the Health & Safety Sentencing Guidelines, w...