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01Feb01/02/2024

Safety First: The Importance of Commercial Emergency Lighting in Every Business

When it comes to workplace safety, few aspects are as crucial as commercial emergency lighting. Whilst many businesses invest in state-of-the-art security systems, the significance of commercial emergency lighting often goes unnoticed. So how can emergency lighting help your business? Navigating darkness - darkness can be disorientating...

11Jul11/07/2022

Fire safety advice for the summer

The recent heatwave was a real challenge for many families, business owners and even the emergency services. With temperatures climbing to their highest in history, there was a huge spike in reported fires, and many people have been left wondering how best...

13Feb13/02/2019

How often should you test emergency lights?

When your usual power supply fails due to a situation like a fire or power cut, emergency lighting is designed to come on automatically to provide immediate illumination. While it has several vital roles to play during an emergency, its main role is to avoid...

18Sep18/09/2018

Fire safety: Why HMO landlords cannot take their eye off the ball

There have been quite a few reports in the news recently about landlords and property management companies who’ve received significant fines because they failed to protect their tenants from the risk of fire. In one case a Reading landlord was fined £177,000 after pleading guilty to...

11May11/05/2017

The costs of disregarding fundamental fire safety requirements

Firefighters tackle the blaze at Gibson Court. Photo Credit: Get Surrey A property company was ordered to pay a fine of £360,000 plus a further £100,000 in costs last month as a result of a fatal fire in 2011 at a retirement home it...