The Importance of Mental Health Awareness in Businesses

woman listening to woman across a table with a drink and biscuits on it

As an employer it is important to understand that the mental health and wellbeing of your employees is just as important as their physical health and safety. You have a duty not only to keep them physically safe but ensure their mental health isn’t being adversely affected and to provide support where necessary. This has […]

New Senior Appointment announced at Gloucestershire Health & Safety Consultancy

David Barker

Sureteam, a health and safety consultancy based in Tetbury, Gloucestershire, are pleased to announce the appointment of David Barker as Director of Global Operations. An experienced Health and Safety adviser, and member of IIRSM with experience in Health and Safety enforcement and accident investigation, David joined the business in early 2019 having relocated from Norway […]

Supporting the members of a Trade Body during Lockdown

We were delighted to be approached a few months ago by trade body BASDA (Business Application Software Developers Association) to take part in an online event they were running to support members dealing with a range of issues relating to COVID-19. The series of events were designed to enable members to meet and share their […]

Homework , but not the school type

As businesses settle into the norm of home working, and with the likelihood of this continuing for several weeks if not months to come, David shares his thoughts on the impact of the new working world on the general health and well being of employees. Those that are in the fortunate position to be able […]

Face Fit Testing – Why is it Important During and Post Coronavirus

Due to the highly transmittable nature of COVID-19 accurate Face Fit Testing has become more and more important, not only for industries that already make use of RPE (Respiratory Protection Equipment) on a regular basis, but for new sectors that are using it for the first time. RPE already has an important day-to-day role in […]