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J. McCann & Co. Ltd – RoSPA Workplace Safety Blog
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J. McCann & Co. Ltd – RoSPA Workplace Safety Blog

To win a RoSPA Health and Safety Award is by no means an easy feat. Last year alone, we received close to 2,000 entries from across the globe. To achieve one gold achievement award is a fantastic accolade for your organization… however, to continue that winning streak year after year is outstanding. In 2019, Nottingham based civil and electrical engineering firm J. McCann & Co. Ltd did just that and achieved their fourth RoSPA Gold Achievement Award (and they couldn’t be more delighted). An Achievement Award truly is the accolade that safety professionals across all industries aspire to. In our…
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Make health and safety your top priority in 2020 – RoSPA Workplace Safety Blog
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Make health and safety your top priority in 2020 – RoSPA Workplace Safety Blog

Warren Buffett, who was recently named as the fourth wealthiest individual in the world, once said: “It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently.” This is good advice that can be applied to many aspects of life, but it’s especially true when it comes to health and safety. When an accident occurs there are of course measurable outlays: damage to equipment, loss of revenue and sick days caused by injuries. There are also intangible costs such as damage to reputation and/or a loss of trust…
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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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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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Here to help! – RoSPA Workplace Safety Blog
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Here to help! – RoSPA Workplace Safety Blog

Following on from our previous blog, We’re with you every step of the way!, the appetite to help and engage with RoSPA Awards Entrants extends to the whole RoSPA Health & Safety Awards team. We caught up with two more members of the RoSPA team, Julia Small and Letty Hill, to find out how they are ready and willing to lend a helping hand… Julia SmallExecutive Head of Qualifications, Awards and Events For over 15 years, Julia has had oversight of RoSPA’s robust awards procedures, including the secure online entry system used by nearly 2,000 entrants, judging and verification processes…
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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 AM Original 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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What to Do After You’ve Over-Contributed to Your 401(k)
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What to Do After You’ve Over-Contributed to Your 401(k)

The most common basic personal finance advice anyone gets is this—max out your 401(k) contributions. But what does that mean? How much is the maximum, and what do you do if you exceed it? And yes, you can exceed it—under certain circumstances. Excess contributions, in fact, are double-taxed (in the contribution year and again when its withdrawn). Below we consider how an over-contribution to your 401(k) can happen, and what the repercussions are. Key Takeaways The most common basic personal finance advice anyone gets is this: max out your 401(k) contributions. Under certain circumstances, you can exceed this amount. For…
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