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Playground Safety Signs: A Checklist for UK Play Areas
A good playground should be fun, welcoming and easy to use. It also needs to be appropriately managed. Whether you're responsible for a playground in a public park, school, nursery, pub, holiday park, housing development or leisure facility, clear playground...
CCTV Signs: A Checklist for UK Businesses
CCTV can help businesses protect property, deter crime, investigate incidents and improve security. But installing cameras is only part of the job. If your organisation uses CCTV, people should generally be made aware that they're being recorded and given appropriate...
Kitchen Safety Signs: A Checklist for UK Catering Businesses
A busy commercial kitchen can be a challenging environment to manage safely. Hot surfaces, sharp equipment, wet floors, cleaning chemicals, raw ingredients, allergens and multiple food preparation processes can all exist within a relatively small space. Clear kitchen safety signs...
How to Prevent Cross-Contamination in a Commercial Kitchen
Preventing cross-contamination is one of the most important parts of running a safe commercial kitchen. Raw meat, allergens, dirty equipment, hands, cloths and food-contact surfaces can all transfer harmful bacteria or allergens from one place to another if they're not...
Food Allergy Signs: What UK Food Businesses Need to Know
Food allergies are a serious issue for restaurants, cafés, takeaways, pubs, hotels and other businesses serving food. Customers need accurate information about allergens so they can make informed choices, while staff need clear procedures for preparing food, answering questions and...
Hand Washing Signs for Commercial Kitchens: Where Should They Go?
Good hand hygiene is one of the foundations of food safety. In a busy commercial kitchen, however, knowing that hands should be washed isn't always enough. Staff move quickly between ingredients, equipment, deliveries, cleaning tasks and food preparation areas, creating...
10 Common Workplace Safety Signs & When to Use Them
10 Common Workplace Safety Signs & When to Use Them Walk around almost any workplace and you'll see safety signs. Some warn about hazards. Others tell people what they must do, identify something they must not do or help them...
Construction Sign Packs: Which Pack Do I Need?
Construction Sign Packs: Which Pack Do I Need? Setting up a construction site can mean buying a surprisingly large number of safety signs. You may need signs for site entrances, PPE, access restrictions, hazards, fire safety, first aid, assembly points,...
Construction Safety Signs: A Complete Guide for UK Sites
Construction sites can change almost daily. Excavations appear, scaffolding is erected, vehicle routes move, new contractors arrive and different stages of work introduce different hazards. Clear construction safety signs help workers, subcontractors, visitors, delivery drivers and members of the public...