Ideal Industries, the specialist in electrical tools, accessories and consumables, is embracing technology to continue keeping staff safe as lockdown restrictions ease with the Orbi-Trace social distancing system. Developed by Casella, a company owned by Ideal Industries Inc, the Orbi-Trace system comprises wearable tags, which emit an audible or vibration proximity alert if members of ...

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Alec Colson, Partner and Head of Employment Law at Taylor Walton, discusses whether COVID-19 vaccinations should be a legal requirement for employees. Although there is no legal provision that permits an employer to make COVID-19 vaccines a condition of employment, some organisations have expressed an intention to make it a requirement, in a bid to ...

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The NHS in Essex has teamed up with Ford and local community health leaders to roll out a vital initiative across Mid and South Essex, delivering COVID-19 vaccines to communities who are vulnerable to COVID-19 and those who might face barriers to accessing traditional healthcare services. Despite the UK’s successful vaccine rollout, COVID-19 vaccine uptake ...

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Jenny Smith, Head of Marketing at Vent-Axia, looks at the benefits of using ventilation to fight COVID and why electricians are well placed to help. Ventilation is now well proven in the fight against COVID-19 with Public Health England’s guidance ‘COVID-19: epidemiology, virology and clinical features’ acknowledging that airborne transmission can occur in ‘poorly ventilated’ ...

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The experts at Tungsram explain how the use of UV-C sanitisers can help keep your employees and customers safe from COVID-19 and other pathogens. Due to the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic situation, more companies have realised that to keep their business moving, the most important thing is to make sure their customers and employees are safe. ...

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According to the British Dental Association over 14.5 million fewer dental treatments were carried out between the March 2020 lockdown and September 2020 in England compared to the same period in 2019.1 Due to the pandemic dentists are not able to see as many patients as they used to as due to COVID restrictions there ...

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 A group of electricians, who are members of Unite, the construction union, have launched a fund to ensure that if any of them contract Covid-19 or are forced to self-isolate they will not be left financially destitute. The workers are employed by electrical sub-contractor NG Bailey and are working on the new MENSA building at the Atomic ...

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As the number of people unemployed in the UK is likely to reach 2.6 million in the middle of 2021 due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the business community tool BBX UK has teamed up with Hampshire Training and Assessments (HTAA) to offer 20 candidates training courses to get them fully qualified and back into work across a variety of ...

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Never before has there been so much emphasis on the sanitisation and disinfection of surfaces we come into contact with. The ongoing battle against COVID-19 means it is essential for our health and wellbeing that surfaces are sanitised efficiently, especially in public spaces.   VORTICE has now introduced the UVLOGIKA – an environmental sanitiser suitable ...

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Colin Lawson, Tamlite Lighting’s Head of Market Intelligence, explores how smarter lighting can help meet the changing needs of the workplace. There’s no denying that the commercial property sector is undergoing a period of change as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. However, the death of the office shouldn’t be exaggerated. Whilst employees’ working habits ...

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