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3rd September, 2025 - Guides
How To Complete A Toolbox Talk On HASpod
Completing health and safety talks is easy with HASpod. In this guide, we will show you how to complete a toolbox talk on HASpod, including how to take the talk, pass the quiz and get your report card.
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1st September, 2025 - News
Talks Update And Toolbox Talk Videos - Sept 2025
This month, we've launched a new talks plan. With this update, we've added health and safety videos, so you can now watch a talk! The latest version of our talks plan is available on your account now.
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28th August, 2025 - Management
How To Plan For Better Health And Safety At Work
If you want better health and safety, you need to plan for it. And who doesn't want to stay safer and have fewer accidents and ill health in their workplace? In this blog post, we look at how to plan for better health and safety at work.
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26th August, 2025 - Construction
10 Examples Of Good Construction Traffic Management
Traffic management is important to avoid accidents on a busy construction site, where people, machinery, deliveries, and vehicles mix, and access routes are often changing. In this post, we look at 10 good practice examples of construction traffic management.
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20th August, 2025 - Fire
Who Is Responsible For Completing A Fire Risk Assessment?
Fire risk assessments are a legal requirement for any building that isn't a single private dwelling. But who is responsible for completing the fire risk assessment? In this blog post, we learn about the responsible person under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order (RRFSO).
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14th August, 2025 - CDM
Do You Need A Construction Phase Plan For Small Projects?
There is a lot of confusion around the need for a CDM construction phase plan on small projects. In this post, we discuss why and when you need a construction phase plan, changes for small projects and provide information on our easy-to-use construction phase plan tool.
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12th August, 2025 - CDM
How To Appoint A Principal Designer Under CDM 2015
Since 2015, you've needed a principal designer on most construction projects. This CDM duty holder must be appointed in writing by the client on any project with more than one contractor. In this post, we look at how to appoint a principal designer.
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6th August, 2025 - COSHH
What Is A COSHH Assessment?
The COSHH regulations require you to do a COSHH assessment when using or creating hazardous substances. Most businesses will need them. But what is a COSHH assessment, its purpose, and what does this document need to include?
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31st July, 2025 - Paperwork
5 Best Risk Assessment Control Measures With Examples
Control measures are the things you put in place to reduce risk and prevent harm. A successful risk assessment must check existing controls, and consider if you need to do more. In this blog post, we look at the five best risk assessment control measures (with examples), and in which order you should apply them.
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29th July, 2025 - Asbestos
10 Asbestos Awareness Questions And Answers Explained
If you have had, or are about to refresh, your asbestos awareness training, you should be able to answer these 10 asbestos awareness questions. Don't worry if you are not sure about the answers - we explain them in this post to help prepare you for your asbestos awareness training.
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23rd July, 2025 - Management
No Injuries, No Health And Safety Problems!?
It's been over a year since the last injury in your workplace. But just because you haven't had any accidents doesn't mean you are safe or that your health and safety performance is good. Your accident reporting system might just be hiding the truth. No injuries, no problems!? Don't count on it.
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17th July, 2025 - CDM
When Does CDM 2015 Apply?
The CDM regulations apply to every construction project. Even construction work that you might not consider to be a project, like maintenance activities. It doesn't matter how long (or short) the duration of the work is. Or how big (or small) the task is. If it is construction work, then CDM applies.
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