New Elite Vendor: Aura Graphics

Congratulations to Aura Graphics Limited (http://www.auragraphics.com/), who are our newest Altius Elite Vendor.

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McAlpine in hunt for new subcontractors

Subcontractors and suppliers are being invited to an open day in Northumberland next week to win work on projects including Sir Robert McAlpine’s new contract to build a £100m factory for AkzoNobel.

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Must do better on health and safety

Must do better on health and safety! That’s the end of year report for the construction industry following damning evidence that almost one in five construction sites failed  recent inspections by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).

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RIDDOR changes reduce paperwork for employers

Changes  to the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR) 1995 mean that employers no longer  have to report injuries which keep workers off normal duties for seven or fewer days.

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Getting Health and safety wrong will be even more expensive

The Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) has confirmed that its cost recovery scheme, Fee for Intervention (FFI),  is to be introduced this year, probably in October 2012.

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New online service reduces cost and burden for Clients and CDM Coordinators

Altius is helping to make life easier for clients and CDM Coordinators, while providing additional safeguards.

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Altius and Löfstedt fly high at RAF Club construction conference

Gary Plant, Managing Director of Altius Vendor Assessment will present alongside health and safety guru Professor Ragnar Löfstedt at the Ai Solutions Health & Safety Conference. The event takes place at the RAF Club, Piccadilly, London, on 12 April 2012.

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Legal update for premises and facilities managers

Gary Plant, Managing Director of Altius Vendor Assessment, is a keynote speaker at the Workplace Law Facilities Management One-day Legal Update Conference in London on Wednesday 29 February.

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Altius increases vendor opportunities with launch of ChamberComply™

ChamberComply™ has been launched by Altius,  with the Chambers of Commerce of Leicester and East Lancashire the first British Chambers to introduce the new member-to-member service.

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Five Altius members join the business elite

Congratulations to our five new Altius Elite Vendors, who have demonstrated their exemplary qualities by meeting the stringent requirements of all  five of the Altius Assessment Globes (Commercial, Risk Management, Customer Service, Corporate Social Responsibility and Quality Management).

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