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To a Mouse – RoSPA Workplace Safety Blog
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To a Mouse – RoSPA Workplace Safety Blog

This year the birth of Robert Burns and the Lunar New Year fell on the same date, 25th January. A time for Scots and Asian heritage to be celebrated, a time for reflection and forward planning. My favorite Robert Burns poem is ‘To a Mouse’, written in 1785 it tells the story of Burns disturbing a mouse nest whilst ploughing a field, a panic stricken mouse, its ruined nest and with winter just around the corner, its world in disarray . There is a line in the poem, ‘The best laid plans o’mice an’ men gang aft agley’ that resonates…
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Worried About Vax-Related Side Effects? Breath Easier One Year Out
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Worried About Vax-Related Side Effects? Breath Easier One Year Out

Photo by RODNAE Productions on Pexels.com I’m at my one year anniversary of getting Pfizer’s COVID-19 vax. I’m starting to worry less about adverse effects, not that I ever lost much sleep over it. Fortunately, I’m hearing no chatter at my hospital about requiring the boosters. Yet I don’t hear any of the vax mandators saying “we were wrong.” A relative of mine is searching for a job now and reports that the great majority of posted jobs still require the vax. Unbelievable! The patient is wise to look away. If you watch the needle go in, it’ll hurt more.…
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UK brings budget forward in another attempt to reassure markets
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UK brings budget forward in another attempt to reassure markets

London CNN Business —UK Finance Minister Kwasi Kwarteng will publish details of his plans to tackle ballooning government debt and kickstart economic growth on October 31, more than three weeks earlier than scheduled, in an attempt to reassure investors and restore the government’s badly damaged credibility.Kwarteng announced the new date in a letter to the Treasury on Monday. He also confirmed that the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), the independent fiscal watchdog, will publish its assessment of the government’s midterm budget on the same day.Investors have been pending clarity on a revised date for the budget, which…
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Spotlight on RoSPA’s First International Awards Ambassador – RoSPA Workplace Safety Blog
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Spotlight on RoSPA’s First International Awards Ambassador – RoSPA Workplace Safety Blog

In 2018, RoSPA developed the RoSPA Awards Ambassador scheme, aiming to create a network of individuals who champion RoSPA’s objective to drive up health and safety standards via the RoSPA’s International Health and Safety Awards. With more than 27-years of experience in OS&H management, and over half of those spent working overseas, Stephen Storey, who is based in India, was well placed to be RoSPA’s first international awards ambassador. We catch up with him to see what this means for him. Stephen Story has spent fifteen years working overseas in OS&H management in the Middle East and Asia. He is…
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Wills Bros Civil Engineering Ltd. – RoSPA Workplace Safety Blog
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Wills Bros Civil Engineering Ltd. – RoSPA Workplace Safety Blog

2019 was a spectacular year for Wills Bros Civil Engineering Ltd. at theRoSPA Health & Safety Awards. As well as being Highly Commended in the Health & Safety Team of the Year, they also achieved a RoSPA Gold Achievement Award. Wills Bros Civil Engineering Ltd. first entered the RoSPA Awards back in 2017, winning a Silver RoSPA Award. Since then, they’ve continued to enter, pushing themselves to win a Gold Award in 2018 and then again in 2019. We spoke to Kieran Doona, Health and Safety Manager at Wills Bros Civil Engineering Ltd. to find out more about their…
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Wall Street Banks Win Key Net-Zero Concession a Month Before COP
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Wall Street Banks Win Key Net-Zero Concession a Month Before COP

(Bloomberg) — The world’s biggest climate-finance alliance has rejected reports that a number of Wall Street banks are threatening to leave, as it races to bring its house in order in the run-up to next month’s COP27 climate summit. Most Read from Bloomberg In a statement to Bloomberg News on Saturday, a spokesperson for the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero said the group has “received no indication from any of our members that they intend to leave.” GFANZ, which brings together over 500 finance firms managing more than $135 trillion of assets, had faced possible defections from firms including…
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We’re off to Chennai – RoSPA Workplace Safety Blog
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We’re off to Chennai – RoSPA Workplace Safety Blog

Only a few months into the year, 2020 is already proving to be more exciting than ever. This March, RoSPA will be launching our first ever Awards Excellence Forum in India. Taking place on Tuesday, March 24at Larsen & Toubro (L&T) Campus in Chennai, India. This free event is a phenomenal example of just how far the RoSPA Health & Safety Awards scheme reaches across the globe. Hosting this international event is International Awards Ambassador Stephen Storey. With over 27 years of experience in the health and safety industry, combined with his rich RoSPA Award winning history, Stephen will be…
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Lawrence Liu wins VP finance by-election
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Lawrence Liu wins VP finance by-election

Lawrence Liu is your next AMS VP finance. Liu — who currently serves as the associate vice-president funds in the AMS VP Finance Office — beat out AMS Strategy and Governance Lead Kamil Kanji and the Arts Student Center (represented by Mathew Ho). The by-election for VP finance comes after former VP Finance Rita Jin resigned in July after AMS Council did not approve the courses she needed to take to fulfill her program and scholarship requirements. AMS President Eshana Bhangu has served as interim VP finance since. Liu ran on a platform of increasing mental health coverage under the…
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