Covid-19 is placing strains on resources across the employment spectrum and in all industries, to some extent or other. In manufacturing and engineering, however, the lack of availability of machinery service and testing specialists, coupled with often reduced internal manpower and backlogs in testing by official examiners, is creating a situation with heightened risk and serious health and safety ramifications. Read More…
Author: Tom Wood | Date: 06/04/2021
Author: Tom Wood | Date: 30/03/2021
Construction Companies Face Risks if Relying on Thermal Cameras for Covid-19 Protection
Categories: General
As construction sites continue to cope with the third UK lockdown, construction-sector employers and contractors should focus on their Covid-19 employee safety protocols and not be reliant on thermal imaging systems. Some companies in the construction sector are continuing to point to the use of temperature screening products as being a means in which to control the virus’s spread and Read More…
Author: Tom Wood | Date: 23/03/2021
Directors and Consultants Take Cover as Distaste for Biodegradable Plastics Grows
Categories: General
A shift in eco messaging in the world of plastics recycling could potentially have repercussions in boardrooms across the UK, highlighting why a particular type of insurance cover – Directors & Officers – is worth considering, should any managerial decision lead to future legal challenge. Similarly, the latest green thinking has implications for consultants, who might have advised plastics manufacturers Read More…
Author: Tom Wood | Date: 15/03/2021
Artificial Intelligence Projects to Keep UK at Forefront of Transformative Technologies
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The Turing AI Fellowships initiative, a collaboration between the UK Government and the Alan Turing Institute, has just announced who the recipients of its second wave of Turing AI Acceleration Fellowships will be. Financial grants will go to 15 Artificial Intelligence-focused innovators, located across the country,[1] from Southampton to Glasgow.[2] The awards follow the first round of fellowships, which were Read More…