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How to turn your relationship with the health and safety regulator into a business advantage?

David Butter is HM Principal Inspector of Health and Safety, Head of Manufacturing Sector, for Health and Safety Executive, and the first guest on the debut episode of Root Cause Analysis. 

In this conversation, David and Chris discuss topics such as, the damaging effects of negativity regarding the HSE, control of risk, PUWER guarding, and the need to be kind to your future self.  

Chris also talks to Mark Stubbs, CMIOSH, about the importance of demonstrating and sharing best practice. Leila John shares her EHS journey and how she’s making progress towards Chartered membership of IOSH.  


Timings 

00:00 Intro 

00:00:18 David Butter is HM Principal Inspector of Health and Safety, Head of Manufacturing Sector, for Health and Safety Executive 

01:01:00 Mark Stubbs, Consultant, at Make UK 

01:22:29 Leila’s Diary – A journey to CMIOSH 

 

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The manufacturing industry’s views vary significantly on place-based economic incentives with many believing that these policies lead to winners and losers, with growth in one area coming at a cost to another.

There is a lot to be considered about place-based initiatives and whether the policies can ultimately offer long-term economic growth to the whole of the UK. These possibilities and challenges are discussed by RSM and Make UK in their new report called Manufacturing Growth: Building a Competitive Business Environment.

Listen to this podcast, presented by Jonty Bloom, and with Fhaheen Khan, Senior Economist for Make UK and Mike Thornton, Partner and Head of Manufacturing at RSM, for the third and final theme arising from their research, on place-based incentives.

The manufacturing industry thinks that regional and national infrastructure has got worse in the last decade and say a lack of good infrastructure is a barrier to accessing labour and skills – holding back key investment and growth for manufacturers.

The views come from a major report into the industry by RSM and Make UK called Manufacturing Growth: Building a Competitive Business Environment.

Listen to this podcast, presented by Jonty Bloom, and with Fhaheen Khan, Senior Economist for Make UK and Mike Thornton, Partner and Head of Manufacturing at RSM, for more about business’s views on infrastructure.

The manufacturing industry is calling for a major MOT of the business tax and regulatory system in the UK, which will boost investment in the UK. They want the Chancellor to overhaul the system in his forthcoming Autumn statement.

The call comes on the back of a major report into the industry by RSM and Make UK called Manufacturing Growth: Building a Competitive Business Environment.

Listen to this podcast, presented by Jonty Bloom, and with Fhaheen Khan, Senior Economist for Make UK and Rachel Milloy, Associate Director for RSM, for more about business’s views on the tax and regulatory system.

Andrew Ward, Make UK revealed £14bn annually is lost a year in industry from mental health issues affecting the workforce. Now 80% of HR directors say that wellbeing has shot up their importance ladder in terms of business priorities.

Alison Corner, HR Director, Enginuity – Mental health awareness and support has long been a growing priority for Enginuity but the pandemic has accelerated that. We have tailored our support and increased the offer as a direct result of the pandemic.  Presenteeism may once have been seen as a non-issue but is now being treated as a real problem that need to be addressed to make sure a workforce stays healthy, productive and well.