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Choosing Access Equipment for Working at Height

Choosing the right access equipment is one of the most important decisions when planning work at height. Whether the task involves routine maintenance, construction, inspections, or repairs, selecting suitable equipment helps improve productivity while reducing unnecessary risks. The ideal solution depends on several factors, including the working environment, the height required, the duration of the task, and the type of work being carried out.

Why the Right Access Equipment Matters

No single piece of access equipment is suitable for every project. A ladder may be perfectly...

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Don’t let an employment background check kill your dream job

Have you ever let an opening for your dream job pass you by because you dread the employment background check? It is an all too common a story among young graduates looking for their first job, mid-level professionals aiming to fast-track their way up the corporate ladder or switch between two when stuck, and people with criminal histories seeking to return to work.

This fear is not entirely baseless as there are estimates that every three out of four businesses perform screenings on all potential employees, the scope of which may be as broad as their work and credit histories,...

Investors back Exeter artificial intelligence start-up aiming to save insurance sector over £500m a year

A new South West business using artificial intelligence to accurately assess risk in the commercial property insurance sector has raised close to £1 million as it launches in the UK and USA.

Founded by entrepreneur and innovator Anthony Peake, Exeter-based Intelligent AI has been backed by investors and the Government through funding from Innovate UK.

The company has developed an online Intelligent Risk platform using 300 real-time data sources ranging from weather and flood risks to crime rates and fire service response times. It could help to save the sector over £500m...

New Study Reveals The Astonishing Cost That Businesses Face When Dealing With Air Leakages

Ventilation is essential in a business environment but, air leakage occurs when conditioned air flows irregularly into and out of a structure through cracks and holes are external unpermitted air that infiltrates a building or environment through cracks, holes, or any other structural damage.

Just as the impacts and explanations have been complex so far, so is the cost of solving such problems. Manufacturing plants lose up to 20%-40% of generated air to air leaks (the larger the building, the higher the percentage of air loss).

What is an air leakage?

The unintended or...

Faster block chains with cheap transactions will revolutionise the crypto world

The importance of blockchain technology is becoming more apparent to people in mainstream society. There is a unique feeling that we are standing at the threshold just before the next great industrial revolution. Interest in cryptocurrency has soared this year , the market doubling since January and exploding through $2 trillion in April 2021. While more meteoric rises lay ahead, so does uncertainty.

Even though cryptocurrencies are used on a daily basis around the world, many say that they are too inconvenient to be used as means of payment. Transaction speed is very significant...

Metinvest Group releases interactive book to help simplify the steel-making process

Metinvest Group operates around the globe and is the largest producer of iron and steel in the Ukraine. To help Ukrainian citizens understand how mining and steelmaking work, the company published an interactive book called The Steelmaker’s Kitchen in June 2019. The authors of the book understood that the topic can be complex, so they chose to compare steelmaking to cooking because most people are familiar with that process.

Interactive book aimed at high school students who may want to get into the trade

As a company, Metinvest Group cares about encouraging young people to...

Browne Jacobson announces financial results for 2020/21 with record turnover

Law firm Browne Jacobson, which has an office in Exeter, has announced its financial results for 2020/21 with turnover rising 5% to a record £85m for the year ending 30 April 2021. This increase marks a 44% increase in revenues since 2015, when the firm’s turnover was £58.9m.

Key highlights during the year included a series of high profile client wins including, amongst others, Sport England, JD Sports, REAch2 Academy Trust, and GLF Schools and a series of panel appointments and re-appointments including the NHS North of England Commercial Procurement Collaborative, Cornwall...

Corona and Home Office in Germany: What companies need to watch out for

Due to the Corona pandemic, a large number of companies have sent their employees into the home office. For this reason, the federal government is planning to introduce a Mobile Work Act so that reliable legal framework conditions are created for employees in the home office as well.

As more and more people work from home, the importance of location-independent offers from the SAAS sector is also increasing to a great extent, which is why companies should definitely take a closer look at the possibilities of software-as-a-service offers. The following article shows what else...

Why SEO is important for every business

When planning to make a purchase, do you research a product or service before you spend your money? Do you try to find product reviews or customer feedback to help you make an informed decision?

That’s exactly what most internet users do - they Google a product or service to find more information before they make a purchase.

This is a chance for businesses/websites to shine and rank high in Google search rankings by offering a clear, informative answer to the users’ queries. And this is why search engine optimization (SEO) is not only important but essential for every...

Worktop expert carves future growth

Plymouth-based fabricators of natural stone furnishings, Mayflowerstone Limited, has secured a six-figure funding package from Lombard Asset Finance to drive forward plans to double turnover over the next 2 years.

The £600,000 finance from Lombard Asset Finance will enable Mayflowerstone to increase the capacity, efficiency and the already high product quality of it’s workshop in Plymouth.

The Plymouth premises is where the business stores and fabricates a range of its high-quality materials such as granite, quartz, sintered stone, marble and Corian, which can be...

Could the temporary jobs market be a lifeline for those without valuable work experience?

As Covid 19 put paid to traditional work experience for many school leavers and graduates, leading recruiter Acorn is pointing those looking for some on the job training to the burgeoning temporary jobs market.

The temporary jobs market is often seen by some as a last resort, but with data from Office of National Statistics (ONS), showing that people who have spent more time out of work are less likely to find a job, it seems that a temporary post could be the answer for many looking to add to their CV.

Acorn Recruitment is therefore urging job seekers at all levels not...

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Choosing Access Equipment for Working at Height

Don’t let an employment background check kill your dream job

Investors back Exeter artificial intelligence start-up aiming to save insurance sector over £500m a year

New Study Reveals The Astonishing Cost That Businesses Face When Dealing With Air Leakages

Faster block chains with cheap transactions will revolutionise the crypto world

Metinvest Group releases interactive book to help simplify the steel-making process

Browne Jacobson announces financial results for 2020/21 with record turnover

Corona and Home Office in Germany: What companies need to watch out for

Why SEO is important for every business

Worktop expert carves future growth

Could the temporary jobs market be a lifeline for those without valuable work experience?

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