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Staying safe on the road in a gig economy – RoSPA Workplace Safety Blog
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Staying safe on the road in a gig economy – RoSPA Workplace Safety Blog

If you’ve ever driven a car or ridden a motorcycle on a short-term contract, chances are you’ve participated in the gig economy. In fact, millions of adults in the UK are now participants in the system as drivers and riders, whether they’re aware of it or not. But how can you and other road users stay safe? What is the gig economy? The term ‘gig economy’ is used to describe the 1.1 million people in the UK who work in a free market system in which temporary positions are common place. The gig economy is made up of three main…
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Dyer & Butler Ltd – RoSPA Workplace Safety Blog
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Dyer & Butler Ltd – RoSPA Workplace Safety Blog

From their Safety, Sustainability and Training Director, Steven Broom, being awarded Health and Safety Influencer of the Year 2019, to winning a number of President and Gold Medal Awards across a variety of divisions, Dyer & Butler Ltd enjoyed an outstanding 2019. As one of the first winners of the Influencer of the Year Award, we recently caught up with Steven to find out Dyer & Butler Ltd’s impressive awards history, and how winning a RoSPA Award has benefited both himself and his organization… What benefits does winning a RoSPA Award have for your organisation? RoSPA is a well-respected brand…
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Some Fad Diets Are Better Than Others
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Some Fad Diets Are Better Than Others

September 27, 2022 · 7:00 AMOriginal bare bones e-book cover Frontiers In Nutrition in July, 2022, published “Fad Diets: Facts and Fiction.” Thank you, FIN, for making it available at no cost. The authors are based in Pakistan and Romania. They attempted to summarize the literature on popular fad diets. I am shocked that they included the Mediterranean diet. Read the article and 134 references then form your own opinion. Some snippets: Regarding the Atkins Diet: “AD provides several benefits including weight reduction and cardio-metabolic health improvement, but limited evidence exists as compliance is the major barrier to this…
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4 tickers trending on Yahoo Finance
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4 tickers trending on Yahoo Finance

Stock futures are lower for the third consecutive day as investors brace for the Federal Reserve monetary policy meeting this week. Here are 4 tickers trending on Yahoo Finance in premarket trading: Ford Motor Company (F): Shares of the carmaker are lower after Ford cautioned that supply chain bottlenecks would clip its third-quarter bottom line. The automaker is projecting adjusted operating results for the third quarter would fall between $1.4 billion and $1.7 billion. Ford said it expects to have between 40,000 and 45,000 vehicles in inventory at the end of the third quarter “lacking certain parts presently in short…
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Defacto gets a new credit facility to provide instant financing to small companies
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Defacto gets a new credit facility to provide instant financing to small companies

French startup Defacto has closed a new securitization fund that will be used to provide short-term loans to small and medium enterprises via an embedded, API-first approach. This is a new fund of up to €167 million ($183 million) with Citi and Viola Credit acting as the lenders. This is significant news for the startup as it means that it will have more capital to deploy, which will eventually generate more revenue. As a reminder, Defacto wants to offer credit products using an API in the fintech products that you already use. With this embedded finance strategy, Defacto can leverage…
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Management Options for Knee Osteoarthritis
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Management Options for Knee Osteoarthritis

May 25, 2023 · 2:22 AMPhoto credit: Steven Paul Parker II Dr. Howard J. Luks is an orthopedist who published a reasonable and fairly comprehensive article on knee osteoarthritis management. Thankfully, knee replacement surgery is the last resort for this surgeon. He discusses exercise, tai chi, diet, yoga, knee injections, NSAIDs, ice, heat, etc.Osteoarthritis of the knee is a prevalent health issue. Despite a diagnosis of arthritis of the knee, the majority of you can live an active, happy life. But you’ve heard awful phrases used to describe your Xrays– phrases like Bone on Bone, bone spurs, degeneration,…
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Your home might qualify for state-funded flood prevention upgrades: How to find out
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Your home might qualify for state-funded flood prevention upgrades: How to find out

Broome County residents looking to protect their homes from flooding may be eligible for financing through a $9 million state-funded program. Those living in the 500-year floodplain could receive loans of up to $50,000 through the New York State Resilient Retrofits 1% Loan Program to address flood risks and improve energy efficiency in their homes, Syracuse-based non-profit neighborhood and housing development organization. HeadQuarters announced with public officials Wednesday. “Any of us who own a home have a number of projects we’d love to do,” Broome County Executive Jason Garnar said Wednesday. “But often our household budgets prevent us from doing…
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Boeing to slash nearly 150 finance jobs in US
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Boeing to slash nearly 150 finance jobs in US

(Reuters) – Planemaker Boeing Co said on Tuesday it plans to cut about 150 finance jobs in the United States this year to simplify its corporate structure and focus more resources into manufacturing and product development. The company will reduce staffing in its information technology and finance departments, Boeing said in an emailed statement to Reuters. Boeing, which has dealt with engineering and production issues in the past, said it increased its workforce by about 10,000 employees earlier this year and ramped up hiring in its engineering and manufacturing departments to respond to the market demand. In the aftermath of…
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