In partnership JPD Training and Acorn Management Solutions can now offer two new In-House courses for organisations supplying to or in the Aerospace Industry:
AS/EN/JISQ 9100 Awareness Course
What you will learn
This one-day course provides delegates with awareness of the key requirements of AS/EN/JISQ 9100, together with implications on existing established systems. Based on other standards and […]

Defra has launched the Third Environmental Permitting Programme Consultation on guidance for a streamlined environmental permitting and compliance system. The first and second consultations were previously reported in the February 2006 and October 2006 issues of In Touch.
The Environmental Permitting Programme (EPP) is a “Better Regulation” initiative designed to reduce costs for business […]

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Defra launched a consultation on establishing a Code of Best Practice for the provision of carbon offsetting to UK customers on 18 January 2007. The Code is designed to give consumers clarity and confidence when they choose to offset. It proposes that the most suitable carbon credits for offsetting are those from the regulated […]

Smoking in enclosed public places will be banned in England from 1 July 2007, the government has announced. The ban covers virtually all enclosed public places including offices, factories, pubs and bars, but not outdoors or in private homes.
It follows similar bans in the Irish Republic and Scotland - a ban in […]

The Work at Height (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (SI 2007 No.114) were laid before Parliament on 26th January and enter into force on 6th April 2007. The amendment inserts a new paragraph (14A) concerning the provision of instruction or leadership to one or more persons in connection with their engagement in caving or climbing […]

DEFRA is inviting views on the proposed Water Framework Directive daughter directive on Priority Substances and Partial Regulatory Impact Assessment.
In July 2006, the European Commission published a proposal for a new Water Framework Directive daughter directive on priority substances. The proposal concerns the list of Priority Substances which was adopted (Decision […]

The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (Waste Management Licensing) (England and Wales) Regulations (SI 2006, No.3315) were laid before Parliament on 15th December 2006 and came into effect on 5th January 2007.
The Regulations amend the Waste Management Licensing Regulations 1994. They provide for exemptions from permit requirements for treatment of waste electrical […]