Browsing Archive: November, 2008
A new act has recently come into force which will see the penalties for imposed health and safety breaches rise. At the moment magistrates can impose a fine upto £20,000 for breaches of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and fines of up to £5,000 for breaches of many of the Health and Safety breaches. Imprisonment is only available for a very limited number of offences, such as breaching improvement notices or prohibition notices. The Health and Safety (Offences) Act 2008;
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Forklift Agency has chosen Vodafone to supply all of our Mobile Telephones and Mobile Broadband requirements, for the next 2 years. Vodafone has provided our admin staff with the latest Blackberry Storm handset, so that emails can be answered quicker and more efficiently, the other benefit is that the Blackberry Holders can message each other using email, instead of text. These handsets have integrated easily into our Microsoft Exchange Server. Vodafone has also provided our Training Manager J... Continue reading ...
Posted by Rhys Adams on Monday, November 17, 2008,
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General
From the 1st April 2009, The Working Time (Amendment) Reulations
2007 will increase the statutory minimum holiday entitlement to 28 days
or 5.6 weeks.Does this apply to your business?Well
it could do, if you currently give your employees 4 weeks plus Bank
Holidays, then you don't have to do anything. The 5.6 days or 28 days
takes into account the eight bank holidays. If you don't, then make
sure you do from April 2009 and remember to let your employees know by
issuing a new employment contrac... Continue reading ...
We are please to announce that after only 7 days of the Forklift Agency Group's website going live, we have already been granted a listing on Google. We are really please with this result as we spend thousands evry month on getting the Search Engine Optimisation right, along with Google Adwords and Yahoo PPC marketing. To see our listing on Google - CLICK HERE Continue reading ...
Today Forklift Agency Group have agreed to sponsor the running costs for Danielle Rider's website for the next year, with sponsorship banners on each page and the top sponsor listing on the Sponsorship page. Danielle Rider is currently number 1 in the Junior Ladies Cross Country Mountain Bike League in the Midlands, winning 1st place of almost all of the last races she has participated in. Chris Rider, Father said "We've always wanted a web presence but never had the time, or the spare funds t... Continue reading ...
We have today taken on 2 more Forklift Instructors to cover inside the M25 and surrounding areas. This is due to the additional work load that is coming in from the London Area.
We believe our rates are competitive for the London area and we do not charge any extra for congestion charges, travelling or accommodation.
Call the team today on 0845 226 7710 for more information or a quote. Or you can visit our website by CLICKING HERE
Posted by Rhys Adams on Monday, November 10, 2008,
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General
As we have probably all heard, the Bank of England has cut base rates to 3%, thats a 1.5% cut. But how will the interest rates help our businesses?
Whilst Forklift Agency has survived the "Credit Crunch," many hundreds of businesses have gone bust. Out of our customers we have had 5 go into administration and after reading through the administrators reports these companies are broke big style.
At the back end of one of the reports, it lists all of the companies that the main company owes money ... Continue reading ...
Health and Safety Executive have released their reports on Falls from Vehicles. Each year over 2000 accidents are reported to Health and Safety that have been caused from items falling from vehicles. The research was done to make fleet owners, haulage companies and drivers aware of how important it is to ensure that their freight is secured on the vehicles. Over 800 major injuries occur every year, with approx. being 5 fatalities. For more information on this subject or to read the report on th... Continue reading ...
Posted by Rhys Adams on Friday, November 7, 2008,
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General
Welcome to Forklift Agency's first blog post.
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