How do you choose a HR/H&S Service Provider?
How do you choose a HR & Or Health & Safety Service Provider? Do you use an SME like Craven or a big Corporate? We know how time-consuming HR and H&S can be, getting it wrong can be costly and disruptive to your business. Employing someone of equivalent experience could cost you as much as […]
Preventing Work-Related Stress in Construction
Did you know? Stress, depression and anxiety are the second biggest cause of work-related ill health in the construction industry. The earlier this problem is tackled, the less impact it will have on workers and business. Taking positive action can help to create a more engaged workforce, boost productivity and save money. Is your job […]
Are you confused with the updated Public Health Covid Guidance ?

Read what the latest Public Health guidance means for your business The guidance appears therefore to be quite confusing. On the one hand COVID safety measures are no longer required for the majority of businesses, but on the other the guidance to self-isolate has been significantly widened. This leaves employers in a real bind as […]
2022 Employment Law Changes
1. 2022 Employment Law Changes: Rate Changes The 2022 employment law changes will include the usual set of rate changes and these will take effect in April 2022. They include the following:- The National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage Statutory Maternity Pay, Statutory Paternity Pay, Shared Parental Pay, Adoption Pay, Maternity Allowance, and Statutory […]
Covid-19 Updates for Employers – January 2022
Isolation Period Cut from 10 Days to 7 Days Fully vaccinated Covid sufferers can now cut their 10-day isolation period to seven days, it has been announced. Under new rules, people in England can take two lateral flow tests 24 hours apart on day six and seven of their quarantine. Self-isolation for COVID-19 cases reduced […]
Plan B – Implications for Employers

The Prime Minister has announced that England will move to ‘Plan B’ in response to the rapid rise of cases of the Omicron variant. Do office workers now need to work from home? Anyone who can work from home is being advised to do so from Monday 13 December. The Cabinet Office guidance says that anyone […]
Draft Building Safety Bill
This month we have a guest article by Chris McGrath providing an overview of the Draft Building Safety Bill that will aim to improve building and fire safety, so that people will be, and will feel, safer in their homes. Why this Bill? On 14th June 2017 a fire broke out at the Grenfell Tower, a 24 […]
Returning to the office
Whether your business has continued with home working or been on hold, as you consider returning to the office, there are some things you need to think about. Health and Safety being one of them. The latest government advice can be found here https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus The latest HSE advice can be found here https://www.hse.gov.uk/news/coronavirus.htm (more…)
Good Samaritan Bill
Legislation is being introduced next year to protect “Good Samaritans” who are acting for “the common good”. The Social Action, Responsibility and Heroism Bill has been developed to reassure first aiders and voluntary workers that they cannot be sued for accidents that happen when they are attending to those who need help or are in distress. There […]
Burning issue
Eight years on from the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 coming into force, fire statistics show a significant reduction in fires, but an increase in enforcement actions against businesses for breaches of fire safety. Risk assessment is the cornerstone of fire safety and the 13 fire advisory guides produced by the Government are now […]