New Accounting Standards Regime
The Financial Reporting Council’s new suite of financial reporting standards (FRS) now apply to UK companies that are preparing their accounts for periods starting on or after 1 January 2015.
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UK Businesses Still Lack Adequate Storm Cover Despite Recent Floods
The winter of 2013-14 battered the United Kingdom with fierce storms, leading to some of the worst flooding in decades.
HSE News and Prosecutions – March 2015
Steel producer sentenced for workers’ molten metal burns A multinational steel producer was fined £200,000 and ordered to pay £11,190 in costs after three employees in its Port Talbot refinery suffered serious burns from several tonnes of molten metal that had spilt on the floor.
The New Health and Safety Standard
The International Organisation for Standardisation is replacing BS OHSAS with ISO 45001 as the definitive international occupational health and safety management system standard by the end of 2016.