If your organisation has at least one employee, or if you are self-employed and employ others, you will have duties under health and safety law. This means you must protect your employees but also others, including volunteers, from any risks arising from your work activities.
Introduced as part of post-Grenfell reforms, the Golden Thread aims to improve accountability, transparency, and decision-making in the built environment. By digitally recording vital safety information from design and construction to occupation and maintenance, the Golden Thread helps duty holders manage risks effectively and comply with regulations. In this blog, we explore its significance, how it works, and what it means for the future of building safety.
We’re thrilled to announce that as of the 1st of January 2025, Matt St John, our Services Director, has officially stepped into the role of Managing Director at C&C Consulting.
This transition will allow Ruth Crothers to dedicate her time fully to her role as Managing Director of VISIONMP Ltd, while continuing to play a key role on the C&C Consulting Board of Directors, alongside Charlie Cadman.
Matt has been a driving force behind our growth and success, and we’re confident that his expertise and passion will continue to propel C&C Consulting to new heights.
Please join us in congratulating Matt on this well-deserved promotion and wishing him every success in his new role! 🍾💙
Question
I have a number of roller shutter doors providing access to my business units. I have been advised the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations (LOLER) require them to have a statutory inspection every 12 months. Is this correct?
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have updated their essential guidance for stone worktop installers to ensure safe working practices, regarding silica dust exposure.
Our advisors are completing daily site and workplace inspections. A common trend appears in their reports when challenging the suitability and safety of ladders used in these locations
Why manage mental health?
Approximately one in six employees in every organisation is having mental health problems at any one time.
Although employers cannot control all the factors that affect mental health they have a key role in managing the working conditions that can have an influence on stress and mental health, as well as ensuring people with mental ill health have the support they need and are not discriminated against or stigmatised.
This will help employers to:
The report presents several key areas of risk, many of which are like those reported in 22/23 as having the highest rate of injury and fatality. See below our summary of key points:
