New HSE Figures for 2009/2010 released

From HSE, Headline  message here:

• In 2009/10 the rate of fatal injuries was 8.0 per 100 000 workers. This is slightly below the average figure for the previous 5 years of 8.2 per 100 000 workers. However, agriculture still has the highest rate of fatal injuries of all industries.
• In 2009/10p Agriculture accounted for 0.9% of the employees in Britain, 1.4% of reported injuries to employees (15% fatalities, 2% major and 1% of over three day injuries). The Labour Force Survey (LFS)¹ estimates that around 3% of all non-fatal injuries occurred in Agriculture in 2008/09 (three-year average).
• Agriculture has one of the highest rates of reported major injury of the industry sectors. In 2009/10p, there were 242.1 major injuries per 100 000 employees in agriculture compared to 203.1 in 2008/09. 

Read the  summary on HSE  Website  HERE

The Good News - Forklift Deaths Fall

In a press release today the  Fork Lift Truck Association (Full report  HERE) announced that there had  been a dramatic fall in fatalities involving Forklift trucks.  As providers of Lantra Awards accredited  training in Industrial Forklifts and Telehandlers it is  excellent to  be able to provide a  good news story and show  how training does have  real tangible benefits.

Find out  more  about  our  Forklift Training Courses HERE 

Microsoft 365 Launch Date Announced

John Roskill, Microsoft’s Corporate Vice President of Worldwide Partner Group announced through a tweet yesterday the public release date of Office 365. In the tweet he says:

June 28th is the date for General Availability of Office 365! 

As a  Microsoft Partner we  have  been trialling this  product and the on-line  opportunities it allows for  e-mail and business co-operation and management. We have  been waiting for this announcement in order to publicise the  benefits  to our  customers.More on this as  June 28th approaches.