Articles by Better Safety
Covid 19, DSE Assessment, Risk Assessment

Working from Home - What Employers Need to Know

Who this article is for: Any employer with home working employees. How long this will take to read: 5 minutes (a medium…
NHS, Italy, Coronavirus, Travel management

Corona Virus (COVID-19) Update

This update has specifically included a map of Italian areas of containment for EU visitors. This update has been…
Mental health, Mental health coaching

Mental Health: The Dirty Secret Nobody Talks About

Mental Health is the rising star in many health and safety circles. It has not yet reached the peak because there is so…
Auditing, Managing Change, Health and safety

Health and Safety Audit: Robbing or Rewarding?

Many of us have seen the financial auditors up to their all-too common tricks again, with the collapse of Carillion…
Construction, Vehicle Examination

Welding linked to Lung Cancer - even in mild steel

The HSE are clamping down in enforcement for welding activities as there is evdience that welding fumes, including from…
CDM 2015, CDM advice, Architects

3 Myths every Architect should know about Principal...

Myth 1: The Principal Designer can only be a single person under CDM 2015 They can be an organisation or an individual…
Property, Architects, Property Aquisitions

3 Myths every Property Developer should know

Myth 1: I don’t need to worry about health and safety on my projects because that is the contractors’ job.  Fact: You…
Property, Property advice, Property Investment

Property Developer or Investor?

CDM 2015 Client Duties The Construction (Design & Management) Regulations (CDM) are the main set of regulations for…
Manager, Risk Assessment, Risk Assessments

How to write a risk assessment (with examples)

Like many official documents in the workplace, it can be a little uncomfortable having to write them if you haven’t…
CEO, Business management, Health & Safety

Good health and safety practices save you money (no, not...

Good health and safety practices save you money (no, not fines!)“Health and Safety has gone mad”“Health and Safety…
Coaching, Leadership, Health & Safety

Is all leadership the same?

I've been around the block a couple of times within the corporate and SME worlds. If there is one thing that frustrates…
Networking, Learning and, Continuing Competency

Giving to...grow?

Growing up in a council estate in one of the poorest counties in England is not the best start in life. Early on I was…