John Meale, managing director of leading loading/unloading equipment specialist Thorworld Industries Ltd explains how a positive commitment to safety in and around the loading bay can help firms save money and provide long-term peace of mind.

While the Government has recently initiated a Red Tape Challenge seeking views on health and safety legislation, market-leading loading and unloading equipment specialist Thorworld Industries has issued a reminder that it is in the interest of all businesses not to wait for official guidance and take a proactive approach to protect its own workers and resources.

Some of the biggest names in the UK timber industry are to meet with the Government’s Independent Panel on Forestry in a bid to ensure commercial interests are recognised as part of future policy for forestry and woodland management. 

 A team made up of EGGER (UK) Ltd, James Jones & Sons, BSW Timber and Iggesund Paper Board is to meet with Panel members during their visit to the Kielder Forest in Northumberland on Tuesday (26 July 2011).

 Chaired by the Right Reverend James Jones, Bishop of Liverpool, the Panel was established in March 2011 to advise Government on the future direction of forestry and woodland policy in England – and the role of the Forestry Commission in implementing that policy.

 
 FIND Maps (www.findmaps.co.uk), the UK's most advanced online mapping website for professionals, has announced the launch of ‘EnviroFIND’ – an online commercial environmental data viewing subscription service.

Innovative eco-friendly Inventor wins major retail contract with award winning visitor attraction.
Pioneering Worcester based eco-manufacturing company, Remarkable, has won a major retail contract with award winning Lake District visitor attraction, The Rheged Centre.