Releases - Changeworks Communications Ltd

View:
 

Found press releases

 

The (free) crash course to help you stay on the right side of health & safety an...

4/25/2012 5:01 AM EST
Businesses in Hampshire who aren't sure whether they are up to speed with the latest health and safety or employment law changes are invited to a free crash course on the subject at session run by the specialist advisor, Bibby Consulting & Support.

The event which will be held on Friday 27 April at the Old Thorns Manor Hotel Golf & Country Estate in Liphook, Hampshire is being hosted for owners and managers to help...

Special invitation to "the most exhilarating ride of your life"

4/20/2012 10:19 AM EST
Dear Sir/Madame,

What does a company do when it wants to offer people the chance to hurtle down the UK's longest indoor ski slope in the world's first 'snowsphere' at speeds up to 30mph?

How can the operators be sure that they are meeting all relevant health and safety requirements while trying to turn what has been described as "the most exhilarating ride of your life" into a viable business?

Based at...

Help workers speak up about health and safety issues

4/18/2012 10:51 AM EST
Following a recent study carried out by the Forklift Truck Association (FLTA), forklift truck distributor, Briggs Equipment believes that companies should do more to encourage workers to speak up about health and safety issues.

The research, conducted by Grahame Robb Associates Ltd in partnership with the FLTA suggests that around three quarters of workers in materials handling see ‘accidents waiting to happen’ in...

"Companies could be sleepwalking into pensions chaos"

4/4/2012 7:55 AM EST
Just seven months until it becomes mandatory for companies to offer auto-enrolment into a pension scheme, far too many businesses still simply don't know what is involved and what they will be required to do, employment law specialist Bibby Consulting & Support has warned.

After 1 October this year, UK employers must automatically enrol all ‘eligible employees’ into either the employer's pension scheme or the...

Businesses must plan for the impact of fuel tanker drivers strike

3/30/2012 7:54 AM EST
Businesses need to consider contingency plans if they don't want to be affected by potential strikes by fuel tanker drivers, employment law specialist Bibby Consulting & Support has warned.

While a strike would cause all sorts of direct difficulties with trading through restricted delivery of goods and supplies, the main problem for companies would be staff not being able to get into work, or worse still simply...

''Get the bonfire started now and free businesses from red tape,'' Bibby Consult...

3/26/2012 11:01 AM EST
The Prime Minister has been told that he needs to put a torch under the much-promised "bonfire of red tape" and free small and medium enterprises (SMEs) from bureaucracy that is stifling growth.

Following some major health and safety research published at the beginning of the year, specialist advisor Bibby Consulting and Support has written an open letter to David Cameron to tell him that company owners doubt very...

Hoppecke batteries help flexi trucks to keep their cool

3/21/2012 5:30 AM EST
At the Norish Foods cold store at Brierley Hill in the Midlands, a fleet of Flexi Narrow Aisle articulated fork lift trucks has been operating on three shifts in a cold store at temperatures as low as -28°C for nearly seven years – running on the original powerful and durable trak® air batteries and chargers supplied by Hoppecke Industrial Batteries.

The timing is important because normal operating life of a lead...

WILMAT SECURES MAJOR CONTRACT

3/20/2012 9:43 AM EST
A Birmingham-based manufacturer of materials handling equipment is celebrating the completion of one of its largest ever orders.

Wilmat Limited turned around the order for 30 of its acclaimed ‘Bulldog’ Powered Pedestrian Counterbalance Trucks within just 12 weeks to save the end user tens of thousands of pounds.

Teresa Hands, Managing Director at Wilmat, explained: “The order was placed by a trade customer on...

SMEs are "extremely vulnerable" to vicarious liability claims

3/20/2012 7:10 AM EST
Many small and medium enterprises (SMEs) simply don't understand the implications of vicarious liability and how they could be hit with compensation claims that could potentially put them out of business, the employment law specialist Bibby Consulting & Support has claimed.

Vicarious liability is when an employer is liable for the acts and omissions of their employee. There are exceptions, notably if it can be...

TUPE must change – and soon, says Bibby Consulting & Support

3/13/2012 5:30 AM EST
The current Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) regulations need radical reform, particularly in the regulations covering transfer of service provision, Bibby Consulting & Support has warned.

The employment law specialist insisted that the existing TUPE regulations, introduced just five years ago are so overly complex that they have been open to various interpretations, making for an extremely...

Changeworks Communications Ltd