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Safety equipment and the importance of staff training

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Installing safety eyewash stations and emergency showers in your workplace is essential if you work with hazardous substances - but installation is only part of the story. If your staff don’t know how to properly use the equipment, then it’s as good as useless.

Unfortunately, workplaces can be dangerous - but proper emergency equipment training can help safeguard against employee injury and subsequent lost working days. In this article, we’ll discuss some of the best practices surrounding emergency equipment training; but first, let’s take a look at what the ANSI regulations say on the matter.

Galvanised steel - complete rainwater and eaves solution

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Rainclear Systems, the UK’s leading stockist and online retailer of metal rainwater systems developed a fascia & soffit system to match their popular rainwater system in colour coated galvanised steel to bring you the complete solution for your roofline/eaves.

Whether you are a seasoned developer or are building or refurbishing your dream home, you want the longest-lasting, smartest-looking, easiest-to- install, highest quality roofline system for your money – and this one is designed to meet all those expectations!

Don’t ‘Go Compare’, Go Mick George

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While the need for ‘Insurance’ hasn’t changed over the years, the way in which it’s presented to us as consumers, and how we go about shopping for it, certainly has.

Gone are the days where we are reliant on a handful of players that dominate the market, where we know exactly where we stand and what we’re getting. Nowadays, it’s a whole different ‘ball-game’.

Student accommodation carpet, it’s not just about durability

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If you are over forty, the phrase “student accommodation” will probably conjure up a whole host of mental images. If you then add the word “carpet” to “student accommodation”, you will most likely think of words like: “durable” and “hard-wearing”. Fast forward to the world of educational facilities management in 2017, and the potential damage from high footfall and high jinks, is only part of the story for the facilities manager at a university or college, or business manager or owner of student accommodation.

With the end of the academic year looming, many universities and colleges are planning to refurbish or replace their student accommodation flooring. So what five things characterise the perfect carpet for student accommodation, be it halls of residence, house or flat share, a room in a private house or private rental?

Shipping containers serve as ideal base for charity pop-up shops

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Using shipping containers for a series of pop-up charity shops provided the perfect solution for a major construction company with a commitment to helping its local hospice.

RG Carter, which operates across the UK, wanted to support the Priscilla Bacon Hospice with its first pop-up shop.

Martyn Gibson, Director says: “I first got the idea for using shipping containers from a shopping centre in London where they have created small shops in one area. We also needed to find a location where there were already welfare facilities close by. The site in Drayton was ideal as there were already passing visitors and significant footfall.