THE NEW UK Standard for Professional Engineering Competence and Commitment contextualised for Higher-Risk Buildings (UK-SPEC HRB) has been developed and introduced by the Engineering Council. [Read More]

GLOBAL VOICE alarm and emergency audio and alarm systems developer Vox Ignis has appointed Richard Gray as the company’s new regional sales manager for the south of the UK. [Read More]

KENT-BASED business The Swan Brasserie Limited has been sentenced after failing to implement sufficient fire safety measures in order to protect its members of staff and customers. [Read More]

HOCHIKI EUROPE has brought the thrill of live football to the heart of the Gillingham community by awarding 35 coveted tickets for a Gillingham FC home game to the deserving Medway Soccer Academy. A grassroots initiative providing affordable football training for local children, the Medway Soccer Academy emerged as the winner of the dedicated life safety systems manufacturer’s ‘Golden Ticket’ competition. [Read More]

THE LONDON Fire Brigade is urging Care Home providers and carers to switch to non-flammable emollient creams which don’t contain paraffins, petroleum or natural oils. According to the Brigade, Care Homes should also ensure that every resident has a plan in place that accounts for their use of cigarettes, skin creams and oxygen equipment. [Read More]

FIRE PROTECTION solutions manufacturer Advanced has supplied an intelligent fire panel with wireless detection in order to safeguard iconic Scottish knitwear brand Eribé. An Advanced MxPro 5 analogue addressable fire panel has been installed at Eribé Knitwear’s headquarters following a fire risk assessment process which identified the need for Category L2 coverage. [Read More]

FIRE SAFETY Matters has launched a new online webinar Continuing Professional Development (CPD) streaming service called Ignite CPD. Ignite CPD is a fully searchable platform that plays host to all of the webinars that have been run by Fire Safety Matters and Health and Safety Matters in an On Demand format and provides a personalised CPD certificate for each webinar that’s watched by subscribers. [Read More]

CHEMSTORE HAS won the British Safety Industry Federation’s Product Innovation Award (Safety Products, Non-PPE) for 2025, which itself recognises outstanding advances in workplace Health and Safety technology, thanks to the ionGuard Lithium-ion Battery Box. [Read More]