Lone Working Sub Contractors – Your Responsibility?
Are lone working sub contractors your responsibility? Read our blog to find out about contractors and your duties, plus what measures you can put in place to help keep them safe.
Are lone working sub contractors your responsibility? Read our blog to find out about contractors and your duties, plus what measures you can put in place to help keep them safe.
Love is in the air and Valentine’s Day celebrations are underway but as we are in the business of personal safety, we are always conscious of the dangers of dating! This week on our blog we have five tips for staying safe when dating.
This week the world came together to celebrate Safer Internet Day. Personal safety rules still apply online; people often forget that and feel that they are somewhat safe sat behind a keyboard.
However, online criminals can attack in two way; random attacks that are usually motivated for financial reasons and then there is the personal attacks. People can hide behind an anonymous user name and attack somebody they know or target a stranger. Often known as ‘cyberbullying’, this has become more and more common in recent years.
Either way, there are steps you can take to protect yourself whilst using the internet. Below, we share some of our top tips.
Each month we round up some of the biggest stories concerning safety and security. Here are some of the biggest stories from January.
In this week’s blog, we are highlighting some of the worst safety disasters in UK workplaces as well as injuries or deaths that could have been prevented with the correct care. It isn’t just lone workers who are at risk when doing their jobs – workplace safety affects each and every employee in the UK and there is a good reason we have so much legislation surrounding safety.
Safety and personal responsibility go hand in hand. True, a company director has overall responsibility for health and safety but each person in an organisation has a duty to protect themselves. Given the right tools and education, this is easy to do. If you already own a First2HelpYou lone worker device or your employees use them, we have listed some ways below that you can help you maximise the use you get from your device.
An analyst firm specialising in the Internet of Things, Berg Insight, has predicted that the market value for lone worker solutions could reach €260 million by 2022 in Europe and North America. In this week’s blog, we take a look at what is driving that market growth.
As it’s the new year we are starting off with something new for us – a free trial offer. Read on for more details on our lone worker alarm free trial offer.