We are pleased to announce that we are offering a half day course to introduce the 2008 updates to the ISO 9000 series of standards.
What you will learn:
The changes made to ISO 9001 and how certification bodies will interpret them
How to apply the changes
The proposed changes to ISO 9004
How certification bodies will apply the changes
The […]

These Regulations provide for the enforcement of EC Regulations dated 17 June 2008 concerning the export and import of dangerous chemicals. The EC Regulation gives effect to the UN Rotterdam Convention, adopted in 1998. The purpose of the Rotterdam Convention is to ensure that Parties to the Convention have the information they need to make […]

The EU Commission has published BPD Annex I Inclusion Directives for the following active substance:- Sulfuryl fluoride;
- Difethialone;
- Carbon Dioxide;
- Clothianidin;
- Etofenprox;
- Thiamethoxam;
- Propiconazole;
- IPBC (3-iodo-2-propynyl butylcarbamate);
- K-HDO (cyclohexylhydroxydiazene 1-oxide, potassium salt);
- Difenacoum
Further information is available from:
http://www.hse.gov.uk/biocides/bpd/transposition.htm?ebul=biocides/sep-08&cr=2
The EU Commission has published a new Non Inclusion Decision in the Official Journal of the European Union. In […]

A coalition of the UK’s most senior businessmen and union leaders today took the unprecedented step of calling on UK employers not to slash staff training in a bid to cut costs as the economic downturn bites.In an open letter published in national newspapers today (Thursday), some of the UK’s top business people including Sir […]

The 2nd ATP adjusts the ‘rules’ for classifying and labelling preparations (mixtures) of chemicals based on the classification of the constituent substances and their concentrations in the preparation. It was due to enter into legal effect in EU Member States on 1 March 2007. For technical reasons UK were unable to meet this deadline.  HSE […]

New legislation in the Climate Change Bill will allow for the first time 5 pilot authorities in England to trial specific charge-and-rebate schemes for household waste. To complement this, Defra intends to issue guidance to assist local authorities in designing and running successful pilot schemes.Defra consulted informally in June on six pieces of guidance, which […]

The HSE Enforcement Policy Statement has been updated to reflect the HSC/E merger and to take into account factual changes since their original publication.This Enforcement Policy Statement sets out the general principles and approach which the health and safety enforcing authorities (mainly HSE and local authorities) are expected to follow. All local authority and HSE staff who […]

The Environmental Permitting Regulations 2007 provide for the setting of fees and charges for Local Air Pollution Prevention and Control (LAPPC) and Local Air - Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (LA-IPPC) at levels that will recover costs of local authorities of implementing the system. This consultation relates to the LAPPC and LA-IPPC fees and charges […]

The requirement for Display Energy Certificates comes into effect from 1 October 2008. Display Energy Certificates (DECs) show the actual energy usage of a building, the Operational Rating, and help the public see the energy efficiency of a building. This is based on the energy consumption of the building as recorded by gas, electricity and […]

The Energy Performance of Buildings (Scotland) Regulations 2008 were made 16th September 2008 and they are coming into force 4th January 2009.
These Regulations further transpose Article 7 (energy performance certificates) and partially transpose Article 4(3) of Directive 2002/91/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (”the Directive”) in Scotland. The Directive lays down requirements […]