Food Safety and Health and Safety Training

Small Business of the Year 2011 Finalists

Administrator — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 21:44:19 +0100

We are delighted to have been selected as a finalist in the Citizen and Gloucestershire Echo Business Awards in the category of Small Business of the Year. The presentation dinner is taking place on 6 October at the Centaur Cheltenham Racecourse. Wish us luck!

Company fined £90,000 following Electrical Explosion

Administrator — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 16:39:49 +0100

Engineers’ clothes set alight by fireball

The following article has been taken from the July edition of Safety and Health Practitioner and really brings home the importance of electrical safety. Have a read through the article and then ask yourself the following questions:

Are your Risk Assessments up-to-date?
When were your electrical appliances and electrical supply last tested for safety?

Two engineers were set on fire by an electrical explosion as they tried to ...

Pub fined £20,000 for Food Hygiene Offences

Administrator — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 15:03:33 +0100

A Leicestershire pub has been fined 20,000 after EHOs discovered a ‘substantial amount’ of rotten and rodent-bitten food.

They found decomposing meat, mouldy black pudding and a bag of flour that had been gnawed at by rodents.

Melton BC EHOs were investigating the Fox and Hounds in Somerby Road, Knossington, in February last year after a customer complai...

Pub Falls Foul of Health and Safety Practice

Administrator — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 15:09:32 +0100

Some basic staff health and safety training could have avoided this nasty accident and avoided a pub a hefty fine. The pub was recently served a £6,000 fine and £1,454 costs where a protruding screw on a promotional sign caused a serious eye injury to a customer.*

Shoddy workmanship is one thing, however leaving something dnagerous, even if it was a slim chance of causing an accident was careless.

There are plenty of health and safety courses to choose from to suit all environ...

The Cost of Poor Food Safety Hygiene

Administrator — Fri, 27 May 2011 05:00:00 +0100

As reported recently in May 2011 Edition of Environmental Health News, a pub was fined £10,500 and £2,032 costs after pleading guilty to six food hygiene offences.

Dirty equipment, inadequate cleaning and disinfection and inadequate measures to prevent contamination by pests featured in the charges. The company has now merged with another pub company and have spent £40,000 on refurbishment.

There are wealth of food safety hygiene courses available and it only takes some ba...

Working at Height - More Training needed

Administrator — Thu, 12 May 2011 05:00:00 +0100

According to recent results published by the HSE, during 2010, 4000 workers suffered injuries as a result of falling whilst working at height with another 12 people losing their lives.

Recently, a Nottinghamshire farm business has been prosecuted for safety failings after an employee suffered serious injuries in a roof fall.
A Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigation revealed that the company failed to properly plan the dismantling work, which then exposed the workers to un...

Envesca wins another award

Administrator — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 18:04:42 +0100

Exciting news hot off the press..... Envesca have won the 2010 Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) Awards for Best Training Centre and Best Food Safety Trainer for 2010.

We have been invited to attend a CIEH Award presentation at the House of Commons on Wednesday 18th May 2011 to receive the following awards:

Envesca wins another award

Administrator — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 18:04:42 +0100

Exciting news hot off the press..... Envesca have won the 2010 Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) Awards for Best Training Centre and Best Food Safety Trainer for 2010.

We have been invited to attend a CIEH Award presentation at the House of Commons on Wednesday 18th May 2011 to receive the following awards:

CIEH Best Trainer Centre 2010

CIEH Best Food Safety Trainer 2010 (Simon Ellis)