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.

WorkRite, our consultancy, training and software division, has won a three-year contract to administer the DSE requirements of more than 2,000 UK staff working for QBE, one of the world’s leading international insurers and reinsurers.

Roll-out of the fully-managed service begins in QBE’s Manchester office and goes on to take in London, Birmingham, Bristol, Chelmsford, Glasgow, Leeds, Norwich and Stafford.

WorkRite will control the whole assessment programme and carry out evaluations of any issues raised as people work their way through WorkRite’s market-leading AssessRite e-learning and assessment program.

Ryan Church, WorkRite national sales manager, said: “We are delighted to be able to add QBE to our ever-growing list of blue-chip clients, and look forward to working with them to help protect the health and comfort of their office-based staff.”

Find out more about WorkRite’s market-leading consultancy, training and software services at www.workrite.co.uk

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Stress is a major cause of occupational ill health. In 2006/07, 13.8 million working days were lost because of it.

Eskimo Ice out-sources their health and Safety process to Posturite.

Over the course of the next twelve months all health and safety issues and policies will be dealt with by the WorkRite division of Posturite. This is Bob Smith’s (resident consultant) first health and safety contract since starting with us in March.

Essentially he will be the person responsible for ensuring Eskimo Ice meet all the necessary health and safety obligations.

This marks the continued growth of the WorkRite division and will be the first of many health and safety contracts.