BIM-tegrity
If there is one thing I’ve learnt since being in contact with UK BIMers, it’s that you love a BIM pun! However, behind a poorly conceived title is a serious concern over the methods employed to ensure data integrity. A…
Robert Clements
I Can’t Tell You: NDAs & Confidentiality Agreements
What Are They? A Non-Disclosure Agreement (or Confidentiality Agreement) is an agreement entered in to by two or more people, or on behalf of a legal entity, before particular data is shared between the parties for use to achieve an…
The Value of Lunch and Learn
The Value of Lunch and Learn Finding new and exciting ways to deliver compliance training such as information security or health and safety can be difficult, but it’s essential to keep up the awareness of such issues. FREE FOOD Some…
Hazard Pictograms are Changing – CLP/GHS
The familiar Orange Hazard pictograms seen on many household cleaning products is changing under the CLP Regulations (Classification, Labelling and Packaging Regulations). The CLP Regulations The change has been driven by European Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 on classification, labelling and…
The Ozone-Depleting Substances Regulations 2015 Come in to Force
From 7th March 2015 the Ozone-Depleting Substances Regulations 2015 has consolidated the Ozone Depleting Substances (Qualifications) Regulations 2009 AND the Environmental Protection (Controls on Ozone-depleting substances) Regulations 2011 Ozone-depleting substances (ODS) are man-made substances that cause damage to the stratospheric ozone layer and…
Do you have a Lone Worker Problem?
What are lone workers?Many organisation’s stray in to the territory of lone workers without realising it, because it is not just applicable to the security guard doing the night shift. Lone workers are employees who carry out an activity in…
FinTech – A Developing UK Tech Scene
The UK is heavily reliant on financial services with London being an important international hub. Recognising this, the Government has recently moved to build on it’s cultivation of the UK tech scene by supporting financial technology firms described as…
Who Owns Your LinkedIn Account?
According to LinkedIn, over 300 million people use it’s social network to manage their professional identity and engage with business contacts. For most of us this means connecting with people we have met through our previous and current employment. However,…
Apple to spend $850m on solar energy
Apple CEO Tim Cook has announced that the company will be partnering with First Solar (America’s largest utility-scale installer) on a project that could supply Power to 60,000 homes in California. The installation will cover around 1,300 acres of land,…
Prime Numbers
There are periods when I spend a lot of time driving alone in the car and inevitably my mind drifts on to various subjects. One day this week, for a reason I don’t know, the thought of prime numbers entered…
