Jane Embury, director, follows up her article on domestic stupidity…with a cautionary tale of bad luck. With more of us at home, the risk is that we do more stupid things more often. Northern Ireland, for example, has seen a rise of 50% in household fires. Between March and April, that added up to 500 […]
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Let’s hear it for not hearing it
Jane Embury, director, looks at how glass absorbs sound. During COVID-19, we became used to the sound of silence. There were fewer cars speeding past our front windows. Fewer aeroplanes in the skies above. Now, with more cars on the road and planes in the air, the sound of silence has been replaced with the […]
Innovate to succeed
As the construction sector emerges from lockdown into a new normal, we’re all going to have to think in new ways. Not least how to protect our staff, or ensure the viability of our supply chains. Rebuilding our businesses will take time and, in turn, depends on how well the wider economy bounces back. But […]
Evacuation and Covid-19
We recently advised companies on the need to look again at their fire risk assessment as lockdown regulations begin to ease. Those assessments may be based on having a full complement of staff, many of whom might now be working in shift patterns or from home. That in turn may impact on fire-trained staff being […]
Unlocking Lockdown
The government has been advising on measures to unlock the lockdown, providing a welcome boost to the economy. Already shops are opening with pubs and cinemas to follow, ushering a new kind of normal to our everyday lives. But the new normal is also about other places of work because offices, factories and warehouses also […]
