Did you know that even some of the most familiar and seemingly minor modifications to your lift truck could get you into serious trouble? In the last couple of years this issue has been highlighted by Britain’s major forklift truck industry trade associations – BITA and the FLTA. With the help of a Google search, … Continue reading
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Are you managing safely?
Managers of materials handling operations have a key role to play in setting and upholding safety standards, but do they always appreciate the dangers? Mark Nicholson reports on the need for manager training. Supervisors and managers appear to be, on average, much less aware of the essentials of good safety practice than lift truck drivers … Continue reading
Reversing the seven signs of ageing (or the fifty shades of red)
Has the car that was once your gleaming pride and joy become dull with age? Do you think nothing short of a respray could restore its showroom looks? I thought so too, until I met Gary Pike of Shiny Happy Cars. A few weeks ago I left my beloved but faded 15-year-old MG with Gary … Continue reading
Press release: Inspired – and inspiring – design
National exposure for Truro architect’s work A remarkable project designed by Truro-based D3 Architects features prominently in the latest issue of Build It – one of the building market’s most prestigious popular-interest magazines. Architect Simon Longworth-Riggs has helped the Eddy family to transform a shabby 1980s dwelling on the Lizard Peninsula into a showpiece whose … Continue reading
Press release: No need to be lonely
Become part of the community again with home computer and tablet tuition For the mature and disabled, life can sometimes feel like a long stretch of solitary confinement – but it needn’t be that way. If today’s young and able-bodied can live much of their lives via computers, tablets and smartphones, why shouldn’t the less … Continue reading
For the materials handling professional
I am regularly asked to write feature articles for eureka, the online magazine for the materials handling professional. Below you will find introductions and links to some of my work. I would also encourage you to have a look at the magazine itself: http://eurekapub.eu/ Safe by design and culture No matter how successful a … Continue reading
KING (Kernow Independent Networking Group)
A Cornish business networking group that gets results… Wouldn’t it be fantastic if warm business prospects could be handed to your company on a plate? That’s exactly what happens at KING. Each member looks for opportunities to refer each other’s services and products to potential customers. As a member of KING, everyone in the group … Continue reading
