All Safety/HSE

AD equipment to be tested by avalanche of food waste from panic-buying
Added: 31 Mar 2020
AD and biogas operators should brace themselves for an avalanche of food waste that will test their…

HSE flags up need for ‘fit-testing’ facemasks
Added: 31 Mar 2020
The Health and Safety Executive has issued advice to essential industrial workers and companies war…

Spirax’s Mike joins British boilers’ top 20
Added: 31 Mar 2020
Steam systems expert and trainer at Spirax Sarco’s UK Steam Technology Centre (UKSTC) Mike Maslanka…

Five steps to combat failing CHP engines
Added: 25 Mar 2020
Combined heat and power (CHP) engines that convert biogas into usable energy are vital equipment. B…

Company vows to tackle source of one in five major oil & gas accidents
Added: 24 Mar 2020
Creators of a new digital tool for the oil and gas industry say it could help reduce a major cost a…

Rotherham advanced solutions firm gains US foothold
Added: 23 Mar 2020
Plant reliability specialist AVT Reliability has opened its first subsidiary in the USA, following …

Call for £7.5 bn investment to erase plastic waste and refuel economy
Added: 23 Mar 2020
Britain must invest billions to tackle the nearly five million tonnes of plastic waste it generates…

Panic buying customer substitutions 'could impact supply chain safety'
Added: 17 Mar 2020
Customers who buy up substitute products such as paper towel in place of toilet paper could be crea…

EPO reveals ‘significant’ growth for UK patent applications in Europe
Added: 17 Mar 2020
The volume of patent applications filed by UK businesses in Europe has risen ‘significantly’ for th…

The importance of proper planning for height safety
Added: 11 Mar 2020
Designing a height safety system is essential from the start of any project, insists HCL Safety‘s S…

Valves provide the answer to a faulty blower problem
Added: 11 Mar 2020
When faulty blowers threatened a water company’s filtration system, Sulzer identified valves as the…

Coronavirus ‘will increase demand for storage’
Added: 9 Mar 2020
The coronavirus epidemic in the Far East will increase pressure among UK businesses to remedy suppl…

NEBOSH calls on world experts for H&S careers guide
Added: 9 Mar 2020
More than 20 of the leading health and safety practitioners working in the global process industrie…

Just a quarter of young people know nuclear is low carbon source
Added: 9 Mar 2020
Barely one in four people aged 18-24 surveyed realise nuclear power is a low carbon source of elect…

To be process safety compliant you need lateral thinking
Added: 4 Mar 2020
Health and safety at work is in the spotlight once again. So how do process managers ensure that th…

Severn Trent and partner get £1 mill innovation grant to treat wastewater
Added: 3 Mar 2020
Clean tech company CCm Technologies has been awarded approximately £1 million in government funding…

VSDs to lose exemption from tough new Euro motor efficiency rules
Added: 3 Mar 2020
Variable speed drives will be included for the first time in stringent new rules for electric motor…

Expert warns coronavirus impact will heighten need for Industry 4.0 solutions
Added: 3 Mar 2020
The economic disruption caused by global disasters such as the coronavirus outbreak would be tackle…

Oliver Valves wins record £10 million Middle East order
Added: 3 Mar 2020
Leading manufacturer Oliver Valves has marked its 40 years in business by winning an order in exces…

Nature offers key to producing sustainable chemicals
Added: 25 Feb 2020
Industrial products that currently depend for their creation on chemicals from hydrogen and fossil …