Up to a third of all road traffic accidents involve somebody who is driving for work purposes. This totals around 20 fatalities and 250 serious injuries every week. Often it’s only repairs and insurance claims that we think about when considering the cost of an...
Earlier in the year a British landlord was convicted of failing to carry out important health and safety work in the house he was renting out to an individual. The tenant lived in terrible conditions – no heating or hot water, mould, collapsed ceilings, damp, and the...
Workplace absences can have a huge negative effect on a business, resulting in less efficiency, extra pressure on colleagues and higher staffing costs. Imagine if an employee was away from work for weeks due to an illness or injury, what effect would this have on your...
On the 1st July 2011 a new Act was introduced in the UK with the intention of putting a stop to corporate bribery. It outlines three new offences: offering or receiving a bribe bribery of foreign public officials failure to prevent a bribe being paid on an...
The Corporate Manslaughter and Homicide Act 2007 has been highlighted in the news recently, as the first conviction under the law took place in February this year. This has been an important case for many industries, causing calls for greater awareness in management....
Social Media has quickly become the single most effective communication tool for spreading news. Be it stories about the surrounding areas, a worldwide crisis, or even just keeping in touch with a family member, the immediacy of social networking allows us to be kept...