Introducing our app, the BSG Hub. With over 120 templates available, use our risk assessments to easily create, edit, duplicate and download RAMS documents - demonstrating your health and safety competence, as well as meeting your legal obligations: https://t.co/q8BdTRZBqe

A new, free 'Guide to Products Critical to Safe Construction', has been published by the CIOB. The document includes sections on compliance, procurement, installation and the supply chain. Click here to download your copy from the BSG website:

BSG has reported a 29% increase in PUWER breaches on construction sites after conducting 7,000 inspections over a 6-month period. Click here to learn more about PUWER regulations and how to ensure your construction business remains compliant

Building owner fined £50,000 after ignoring high-rise fire safety warning. Birmingham City Council has successfully prosecuted a company for failing to comply with an improvement notice relating to fire safety measures in a residential high-rise.

IOSH reveal nearly half of workers risking construction safety shortcuts. Research from the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) has found that many construction workers are “dicing with death” while working at height

During these challenging times, not all companies have the resources to appoint a 'competent person' to help the business meet its H&S obligations. Let BSG act as your 'Competent Adviser' from as little as £2.30 per day. Become a BSG member today https://t.co/kXyD3PxlQG

Social housing manager fined over £30,000 for failing to protect workers. Several cases of Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS) have been reported in a short span by workers at Nottingham City Homes Limited, a social housing management firm

Why mental health in construction must be treated with the same priority as safety on site. PBC Today sat down with Andrew Kitley, founder and MD of Kitall, to discuss his experience with mental health and how it should be treated in the industry

BS 8681:2024: A unified approach to advancing fall protection standards in the UK: Alan Murray, CEO of the British Safety Industry Federation, explains more

Highways firm handed £1m fine after worker death. A construction company has been fined £1 million after a road resurfacing project ended in tragedy in May 2022.

Serious safety risks posed by unqualified contractors, warn BESA and TICA. The BESA & the TICA have joined forces to warn that operatives often working for multi-trade firms are putting lives at risk by carrying out work for which they are unqualified

Two firms fined £95k after worker falls through rooflight. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has successfully prosecuted two companies after a construction worker fell through a rooflight at a factory, impaling his leg on machinery below

Managing Health and Safety in the social housing sector: Click to find out more about the key considerations for managing health and safety in repairs, maintenance, and construction projects within housing associations and local authorities

Construction mental health framework revealed by Mindflow. The mental health charity, headed by ex-England and Everton player Trevor Steven, seeks to make mental health more front and centre in the industry

FPS publishes updated rig safety guidance. The Federation of Piling Specialists (FPS) has published the latest edition of its Working Platform Certificate (WPC/4e) to support rig safety across the industry

Changing the narrative: Building positive mental health in construction. Mates in Mind discusses the high suicide rates in construction, the importance of tackling it, and the stigma surrounding it.

Builder fined after boy’s skull fractured by falling pipe. A construction company and its director have been fined after a five-year-old child was injured by a falling cast-iron pipe

We’re very pleased to announce that BSG has been awarded the Investors in People – 'We invest in people', standard accreditation. Thank-you to all our staff who contributed to the assessment, helping us to 'work better' at BSG. Well done everyone! https://t.co/6Y3grgI5HS

BSG would like to welcome M-Tech Electrical Controls Ltd. Great to have you on board with The Building Safety Group! https://t.co/VyO8eShAfp

Trade bodies warn about unqualified contractors ahead of Awaab’s Law. BESA and the TICA have warned about the risks posed by operatives often working for multi-trade firms carrying out specialist work outside their competence

HSE finds most workplaces lack essential noise protection knowledge. In recent inspections by the HSE, 95% of employers failed to verify whether workers wearing hearing protection could still detect vital warning signals, such as vehicle reversing alerts.