24 January Upcoming Webinar: Understanding COSHH Understanding COSHH is an important aspect of health and safety management for many businesses. Our director, Michael Ellerby, will be hosting a free webinar on the subject this spring. The webinar will offer a chance to gain a clear understanding of the key concepts, legal responsibilities, and practical implications associated with COSHH in the workplace. … Read More
20 December Christmas Food Safety: The Four Cs With the festive period upon us, many of us preparing to cook and serve food for family and friends. In the following blog, our Food Hygiene consultant, Lucy Jones, provides valuable Christmas food safety tips to help you steer clear of the unwelcome guest of food poisoning while you embark on your culinary endeavours. Christmas … Read More
12 May How we are helping others during the Coronavirus Pandemic As you know, here at LRB Consulting Limited, we provide health and safety advice and guidance to a wide range of clients. Many enterprises have been affected by the Coronavirus pandemic, including our clients. Still, we have continued to provide them with the support that they need. As businesses consider returning to work, following some … Read More
9 March COVID19 Guidance Sheet Coronavirus Information – COVID-19: Guidance A coronavirus is a type of virus. As a group, coronaviruses are common across the world, and we know them as flu viruses. COVID-19 is a new strain of coronavirus (flu) first identified in Wuhan City, China in January 2020. The incubation period of COVID-19 is between 2 to 14 days. … Read More
16 January Free Defibrillator Training We are offering Free Defibrillator training to our neighbours on Fridays – Ask for Defib Friday. Defib Fridays is a regular event for the businesses in the Office Village, Loughborough. We can offer this to other businesses, but you need to come to us! When the new Defib Unit was provided in the Office Village, … Read More
24 December New Building Safety Bill for 2020 Although it has taken a lot of time to get here, we now seem to be on the verge of new Building Safety legislation. The government says the Building Safety Bill will “place new and enhanced regulatory regimes for building safety and construction products, and ensure residents have a stronger voice in the system” The … Read More
23 December Fatal Crushing – No Safe System of Work The point of a Safe System of Work is self-evident: to provide a safe system for carrying out a (potentially dangerous) task. When I raise the need for these with clients, I am sometimes told that they are unnecessary, as everyone knows how to do it, or that nobody would do it differently/wrong. This case, … Read More
20 December We needed ongoing support in all areas of health and safety We are a small-sized company and felt we needed ongoing support in all areas of health and safety. In February 2019 we decided to instruct LRB on a retained service contract. I have been so impressed with LRB’s service. Their constant guidance and support have been invaluable to us. They have produced our new company … Read More
16 July Principal Designer As of 06 April 2015, the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 make the role of CDM co-ordinator obsolete and introduce the Principal Designer. L153 is the draft guidance issued by the HSE, but this offers offers no situations describing who might be Principal Designer under different procurement models. Also, it does not detail the skills, … Read More