Worried about how budget cuts may affect the levels and quality of First Aid training in your organisation?

We can help.

Book one of our HSE-approved First Aid training courses before the end of July and we’ll give you a 10% discount on prices that are already on average 20% cheaper than the country’s two leading providers – real savings that should allow you to maintain a full training programme even if your budget does get trimmed.

And you’ll lose nothing in terms of quality. Scores of satisfied customers have testified to the excellence of our courses.

It’s why many of Britain’s blue-chip companies – and hundreds of SMEs – now put their trust in MediRite to provide their essential First Aid training requirements.

We offer a full range of courses including the full three-day HSE First Aid at Work qualification, two-day requalification, one-day emergency First Aid, half-day refresher, evacuation chair training and automated external defibrillator (AED) training.

Join us at one of the many drop-in courses we hold in geographically convenient locations across the country or save further money – up to a whopping 50% - by arranging for us to do the training at your premises.

Either way, numbers on each course are strictly limited to guarantee that each delegate receives the very best personal attention from our team of highly qualified, professional trainers using both traditional hands-on practical methods and contemporary multi-media technologies.

For a full list of courses and further details, visit our website, call us on 0845 199 9991 or email support@medirite.co.uk.

Our new EvacuRite evacuation chair is already proving a winner... with company accountants as much as health and safety professionals. For although the EvacuRite is packed with the sort of special features normally only found in evacuation chairs at the top end of the market, its £795 (ex-VAT) price tag puts it squarely in the economy class.

Now we’re giving you the chance to save even more money on the EvacuRite. Order before the end of September and we’ll give you a further 25% discount, bringing the cost of the chair down to an amazing £597.

Our designers, renowned for their expertise in developing products to make the working environment safer and more comfortable, consulted fire industry experts to ensure the EvacuRite chair met rigorous standards for ease, comfort and safety of use in emergency situations.

Its features give equal recognition to the health and safety needs of the operator as well as the person needing to be transported down stairs.

We sell hundreds of evacuation chairs each year to businesses keen to ensure they fully meet the requirements of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. This puts the onus on organisations to take ‘reasonable steps’ to ensure that everyone on their premises, or nearby, can escape in an emergency.

The EvacuRite is suitable for virtually any environment where a smooth, controlled and fast means of downstairs evacuation is required. An easy-to-operate, rapid-deploy system means the chair can be ready for use within seconds of being removed from its supplied wall-mounted storage bracket. No lifting is required by the operator either in preparing the chair for use or in making the evacuation. An ultra-smooth glide track system ensures a safe and comfortable passage down stairs.

The EvacuRite is being marketed through our specialist First Aid and Occupational Health supplies and training division, MediRite, and comes with a full five year guarantee. Training in the use of evacuation chairs can also be provided by MediRite which is one of the country’s leading independent providers of HSE-approved First Aid courses.

Contact your local account manager for a demonstration, call us on 0845 199 9991 or email support@medirite.co.uk.

Sky Magazine journalist Claire Bloomfield discovered a knock-out solution when faced with the need to manage hours of recorded interviews with world heavyweight boxing champion David Haye.

Claire had interviewed ‘The Hayemaker’ several times over a five month period and needed to whittle down numerous lengthy audio recordings to write two double page spreads.

She decided to try out Sonocent’s Audio Notetaker - software specifically designed to help people organise and manage large volumes of audio material.

She said: “The solution has literally revolutionised the way I work. If you have conducted lots of different interviews in a short period of time, you end up with reams of audio that is not catalogued. It is then often a matter of trawling through it all, trying to extract the useful elements. This is incredibly time-consuming.”

The easy-to-use Sonocent software has a multitude of features that have helped Claire to quicken her working processes including a revolutionary 2-D audio view which allows her to manipulate audio as if it were text – jumping to any point and quickly editing her files. It works with recordings made via a digital recorder, laptop or PC.

Because the software can be loaded onto a laptop, it is particularly useful for journalists and people who spend much of their time travelling.

However, it is also a brilliantly useful tool for people with dyslexia who use audio recorders at work or in lectures instead of making written notes, enabling them to quickly navigate, annotate and organise their digital voice recordings.

It is available through our assistive technology division at £79.95 (+ VAT) for a single user licence. For more information visit www.posturite.co.uk or call 0845 345 0010.

Posturite has teamed up with the nationally-acclaimed Newcastle International Airport Fire Training Academy to run fire safety courses throughout the country.

We are already one of the UK’s leading providers of workplace health and safety and first aid training through our specialist WorkRite and MediRite divisions.

Now, by partnering with the Fire Training Academy, we are also able to offer our expanding roster of blue-chip corporate clients high quality, practical and realistic fire safety training.

Geoff Thompson, our national sales manager, said: “Whether you are a small company that requires basic extinguisher training or a large organisation with various levels of risks identified within the workplace, we can provide you with a comprehensive training package to ensure your company meets current health and safety legislation.”

Courses in the North East can be held at the Fire Training Academy’s purpose-built training facilities at Newcastle International Airport where a range of environmentally friendly, state-of-the-art, gas-powered fire simulators are available to provide realistic scenarios.

We will use the Academy’s network of highly skilled and experienced instructors, many of whom are Department of Transport and Civil Aviation Authority accredited, to run our other courses throughout the UK.

A nationwide programme of drop-in courses at geographically convenient locations will be announced shortly. Meanwhile companies can arrange for training to be carried out at their own premises on dates and at times to suit them – a facility that is always available to businesses.

The Bar Council has provided a glowing testimonial to the planning and work of Posturite’s Office Environments team that carried out a recent refit of two floors of its offices in High Holborn, London.

Office manager Samantha Forman, who commissioned the work after Office Environments won a three-way pitch, said: “I cannot speak highly enough of the way the contract was organised and executed.

“The whole team worked extremely hard to make sure they met our expectations both in terms of quality and price, and they absolutely exceeded themselves by managing to complete the work within very challenging timescales and without interrupting the work of a single employee.

“It was a triumph of planning and workmanship that speaks volumes for the skill and efficiency of all those involved.”

The contract called for the redesign of two office floors to create space for more people, additional meeting rooms and more effective live and archive storage systems. New carpeting was also laid to these and two other floors.

Office Environments carried out the physical work over two consecutive weekends, but the planning had taken place beforehand at a series of client meetings.

Wherever possible existing materials – doors, partitioning, glass, ceiling etc – were re-used to save money and help the environment. New products supplied and fitted included Railex mobile and static storage, mobile desking, Boss Design seating, Actiu tables, Desso carpet tiles and partitioning.

Julian Millar, national project manager for Office Environments, said: “It was a challenging schedule but one we were always confident of meeting.

“The logistics took quite a lot of planning because it was important that we didn’t disturb or interrupt anyone working there. I think we surprised a few of the senior managers in the building by getting everything done so that they could leave at 5.30pm on the Friday and return at 9am on the Monday able to carry on work as normal.”

Samantha Forman added: “We opted to go with Office Environments after they produced the best pitch and demonstrated their willingness to work with us to achieve all our goals in terms of cost, quality and effective outcome. It was plainly the right decision, and I certainly look forward to working with them again in the future.”

Herman Miller’s award-winning Embody chair has been chosen by Harley-Davidson Europe Ltd to equip two prestigious rooms at its Oxford headquarters.

Posturite supplied the chairs for the Number 1 and Electra-Glide meeting rooms at the Oxford Business Park premises. Number 1 is the company’s boardroom.

The Embody was launched last year and has already gathered a clutch of awards for its overall design and ergonomic excellence. The latest comes from the influential Das Buro magazine in Germany which recently named it the ergonomic chair of the year.

Harley-Davidson’s European facilities manager Ryan Holt chose the Embody both for its supreme comfort – it claims to be the first work chair to support both the body and the mind – and its stylish appearance.

It also brings together two great American brands – Harley-Davidson and Herman Miller – with worldwide reputations for the quality of their product design, engineering and performance.

More courses have been added to our annual training programme to meet an ever-growing demand for places.

This year we’ll run a record number of open courses across the country, and help hundreds of people to gain skills and qualifications as DSE assessors, first aiders, manual handling trainers and a whole lot more.

This is on top of the thousands who will be trained at their desks via WorkRite’s market-leading suite of e-learning and assessment software.

Open courses being run by our WorkRite training specialists in strategic locations across Britain over the next six months include:

● Manual Handling ‘Train the Trainer’ – a three-day course designed to provide delegates who have previously attended a moving and handling course with the necessary knowledge and skills to be able to develop and deliver effective moving and handling training within their own organisation.

Sept 14-16, Loughborough; Nov 2-4, Edinburgh

● DSE Assessor – a one-day course to give delegates an understanding of DSE regulations and assessment procedures together with the risk associated with the incorrect use of computers and examples of possible solutions.

Sept 9, London; Sept 16, Posturite HQ; Sept 21, Aberdeen; Sept 28, Leeds; Oct 12, London; Oct 20, Birmingham; Nov 9, Bristol; Nov 17, Newcastle; Nov 25, London; Dec 1, Edinburgh; Dec 7, Posturite HQ; Dec 14, London.

● DSE Assessor Advanced (A) / Refresher (R) – Separate one-day courses for DSE assessors wanting to refresh, update and/or increase their knowledge.

Sept 7, London (A); Sept 14, Posturite HQ, East Sussex (A); Sept 22, Aberdeen (A); Sept 23, Posturite HQ (R); Sept 28, Leeds (A); Sept 30, Leeds (R); Oct 7, Manchester (A); Oct 14, London (A); Oct 21, Birmingham (A); Nov 10, Bristol (A); Nov 11, Bristol (R); Nov 18, Newcastle (A); Nov 23, London (A); Dec 2, Edinburgh (A); Dec 3, Edinburgh (R); Dec 9, Posturite HQ (A); Dec 16, London (A).

● Ergonomics: the Office & Beyond – a two-day introduction to ergonomics, its origins, definitions and benefits; analysis of working postures; evaluation and use of equipment; and causes and implications of workplace stress.

Sept 8-9, Edinburgh; Dec 13-14, London.

● First Aid at Work – a three-day course designed to teach delegates a range of life saving skills. Upon successful completion of the course and independent assessment, delegates will be awarded an HSE-approved, nationally recognised First Aid at Work certificate, valid for three years.

July 26-28, Norwich; Aug 24-26, Newcastle; Sept 5-7, Edinburgh; Sept 14-16, Portsmouth; Sept 21-23, London – East; Sept 21-23, Cambridge; Sept 28-30, Oxford; Oct 5-7, Gatwick; Oct 5-7, Glasgow; Oct 12-14, Exeter; Oct 12-14, Leeds; Oct 19-21, Leicester; Oct 26-28, Aberdeen; Oct 26-28, London – West; Nov 2-4, Bristol; Nov 9-11, Sheffield; Nov 16-18, Coventry; Nov 23-25, London – Central; Nov/Dec 30-02, Cardiff; Dec 7-9, London – South West; Dec 7-9, Manchester; Dec 14-16, Bristol.

Dozens more courses for individual businesses will be organised either at their premises or at venues that we arrange for them.

In addition to the subjects listed above, courses include Office Health & Safety Awareness (1 hour); Principle & Practice of Risk Assessment (1 day); Fire Safety / Fire Warden Training (half day); HSE First Aid at Work Requalification (2 days); Manual Handling Principles & Practice (half day); Appointed Persons First Aid (1 day).

For further details, visit www.workrite.co.uk or call 0845 345 0010.

Our HSE-approved first aid courses have been developed and are run in conjunction with the team at MediRite, our specialist occupational health and first aid division. All the courses place the emphasis on interaction and practical skills.

As well as the First Aid at Work one, two and three-day courses, we also offer the following: Evacuation Chair Training (2 ½ hours); Automated External Defibrillator (AED) Training (1 day); Practical First Aid (full-day or half-day); Emergency First Aid for Children (1 day); Oxygen Therapy (3-4 hours); AED and Oxygen Therapy Combined Training (1 day).

For more information visit www.medirite.co.uk or call 0845 199 9991.

Posturite has produced the first truly ambidextrous vertical mouse. Called the Penguin, the new mouse was unveiled at the 2010 Safety & Health Expo in Birmingham in May.

Even before the Penguin went on show it, was being heralded as a major breakthrough in the battle to beat health problems created when computer users spend too much time handling a conventional mouse.

Posturite chief executive Ian Fletcher-Price explained: “The Penguin sets new standards of protection against conditions such as repetitive strain injury (RSI) or carpel tunnel syndrome (CTS). It virtually eliminates the need for wrist axis rotation, dramatically reducing stress to the carpal tunnel nerve and muscle strain in the forearm.”

The Penguin is the result of more than 18 months development work carried out in conjunction with the University of Brighton’s Product Development Centre in Hastings.

Its revolutionary ergonomic design was initiated by members of Posturite’s senior management team who were each presented with a lump of clay and challenged by Ian Fletcher-Price to fashion the perfect mouse.

What they came up with was far from the finished article, but there were enough good ideas for Ian to take to the University of Brighton’s Innovation Centre where the product development team and Posturite’s own ergonomic experts gradually refined the design.

The end result is a product that Ian believes will quickly become the market leader. “Once people have picked up a Penguin, they won’t want to use any other mouse,” he said.

The real beauty of the Penguin is its sheer simplicity. The symmetrical base allows the user to rest their left or right hand comfortably alongside the vertical structure and encourages the use of the bigger muscles in the fore and upper arm to manoeuvre the mouse.

A ‘bow-tie’ switch at the front, which intuitively changes the direction of the scroll wheel, enables an easy transfer from right to left handed use. Regular switching of hands throughout the working day helps prevent a build-up of static muscle strain (SMS).

To find out more about the Penguin, visit http://www.posturite.co.uk/penguin or call 0845 345 0010.