Do Company Mobiles Breach Health & Safety?

The World Health Organisation re-classified emissions from mobile phones as Group 2B 'Possibly Carcinogenic' at the end of May 2011 - this has the potential to create serious Health and Safety implications for organisations that supply company mobiles. 

Most phone manufacturers already print warnings in their instruction books informing users not to put an operating phone close to the body.

Recently introduced by Rowtex Limited, the 'air' headset is a solution that allows phone users to reduce emissions to the head to almost zero. 

It achieves this by using a 'conversion' module that converts the electrical signal to harmless airwaves, the headset then delivers crystal clear sound through an air-filled tube. It features an ergonomically shaped ear bud for wearing comfort, built-in microphone, volume control and a call answer/end button.

Designed for iPhones, Blackberry and HTC phones the 'air' headset has been independently tested that verifies the cut in emissions by 99%. 

Priced at just £39.99 plus p&p it's a small price to pay for peace of mind.

For further information and to buy online, visit www.air2hear.co.uk/tuc.php 



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Ford of Britain 100: Image of the Week – 48/52

 To celebrate the centenary of Ford of Britain in 2011 the company is exploring its photo archive to reveal rarely seen images.

Ford's unique relationship with Britain and its society will be illustrated each week by specially selected pictures.

This week the archives help to illustrate progress in design techniques and new technologies, which have enabled Ford’s design language to evolve so successfully.

In the 1950s, Ford became recognised as a design leader with the introduction of the Ford Consul, Zephyr and Zodiac models.  These iconic Ford cars were dreamed-up by teams of designers using traditional drawing tools and their own ‘trained eye’.

The Ford Consul, Zephyr and Zodiac underwent significant design changes in the 1950s and 1960s until the Mk IV Zephyr and Zodiac gave way to the Consul Granada in 1972.

The Ford Evos concept shown at the 2011 Frankfurt Show, delivers the latest expression of Ford’s design and technology vision and previews the design language for the next generation of global Ford products.

The company’s global design team created Evos using a combination of traditional design techniques, advanced clay modelling, computer-aided-design (CAD) and computer-aided-manufacturing (CAM).

The making of the Ford Evos concept can be seen here: http://youtu.be/UmXd0gOI1J0 



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BWF announces winner of 2011 John Hedgecock Memorial Award at glittering Annual Dinner

The 2011 John Hedgecock Memorial Award was announced on Friday 18th November at the Annual Dinner of the British Woodworking Federation (BWF) at the Waldorf Hotel, London.

Amidst the grandeur of the hotel’s Palm Court, more than 120 joinery industry leaders, timber industry manufacturers and distributors and senior client contacts gathered to celebrate the achievements of the last 12 months.

The 2011 John Hedgecock Memorial Award was given to JELD-WEN for its Howdens Burford door project.

The JELD-WEN Howdens Burford door was launched earlier this year as a special moulded door exclusively designed to compliment Howdens Joinery’s best selling kitchen range, and to provide a family of kitchen frontals and matching joinery doors.

The Shaker-style Burford range includes four and six panel designs from small, wardrobe sized doors to the largest metric sizes, glazed doors and fire door options.

Ford of Britain 100: Image of the Week – 47/52

To celebrate the centenary of Ford of Britain in 2011 the company is exploring its photo archive to reveal rarely seen images. Ford's unique relationship with Britain and its society will be illustrated each week by specially selected pictures.

This week the archives reveal the significant evolution in the design of sporty but practical vehicles.

The launch of the Ford Capri in 1969 introduced a sleek and sporty car into the UK market. It was claimed that the Capri had a spacious rear seat ensuring enough room for two adults as well as offering Custom Plans allowing customers to personalise their Ford.

"The car you always promised yourself" – the Ford Capri – was re-launched in 1968 after the original Capri 109E, 116E and GT models sold well in the early 60s.  The new Capri featured a long bonnet and Ford Mustang-like styling with a range of extras to choose from.  These included chrome wheel trims, reclining seats and a map reading light.  The Ford Capri impressed customers and sold nearly two million units in Europe in only five years.

Today, the Ford S-MAX is a true example of a vehicle which balances sporty aesthetics with a practical design.  


This seven-seater offers high-performance from Ford’s new 240PS 2.0-litre EcoBoost engine, while providing ample storage space, offering multiple seating arrangements and plenty of options for customer personalisation. 



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The Award Winning Teletower from ZARGES

The Teletower is one of the most exciting and innovative products to be developed for the access industry in years! 

Its unique patented telescopic operation means it is easy to transport, store and erect; the Teletower offers an efficient and lower-cost alternative to other low level access platforms.

With seven different platform heights - from 0.33 to 2.00 metres - at 25 cm increments - the Teletower offers working heights from 2.30 to 4.00 metres. The flexibility of the design means the Teletower is ideal for a wide range of uses; from maintenance and decorating to gardening and DIY.

Fully erected by one person in less than 3 minutes, the Teletower will save time and effort, previously wasted in unloading and assembling traditional scaffold towers.

Stabiliser legs with 5 optional positions and lockable castors; as well as a large folding platform (1.40 x 0.70 metres) with a climb-through hatch; have been included in the design of this superb tower. Platform support braces and integral advanced guardrails offer high safety levels by reducing errors during the erection process. The Teletower comes with the reassurance of conforming to EN 1004.

Available in both aluminium and GRP - non-conductive for use near electrical hazards - the Teletower comprises two parts; the scaffold unit (41 kilos) and folding platform (14 kilos). The entire unit is easily carried in the back of an estate car or van.

The Teletower will offer Businesses a very safe and efficient option for working at height. For further information visit the ZARGES website and a see a video demonstration or call 01908 641118.

Images show Aluminium (upper) and Fibreglass (lower) models in open and closed positions.

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Seasonal Makeover for Garage and Internal Doors

This "Winter Road" garage door cover by style-your-garage.com makes it look like a long road stretches through a snow-covered landscape behind your garage.

 The brainchild of Thomas Sassenbach, "Style-Your-Garage.com" has updated its collection of designs for the holiday season. This is the first time that the German firm has produced a Christmas collection to add to its popular tromp l'oeil garage coverings. 

A stunning effect:

Their garage billboards can give any standard garage door a whole new look. The printed 3D designs are deceptively realistic and will make everyone stop and stare.Watch the company's promotional video here. 

A large selection of designs:

They have over 250 different standard designs and a number of sponsored designs for you to choose from. What’s more, they can also create a customised photo tarpaulin for your garage door using one of your own digital images. 

Photo films for interior doors too!

Interior doors are mostly dull and often unimaginative. But that’s all changed now!

With full-surface, high-quality photo films, style-your-door.com can give boring interior doors a whole new look - and suddenly there’s something “behind a door” that you normally wouldn’t find or expect.

The 3D motifs are deceptively realistic and will cause family, neighbours and friends to stop and stare!

Images from style-your-garage.com and style-your-door.com 

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365 Sports Cars You Must Drive

 A new book by By John Lamm with Larry Edsall & Steve Sutcliffe

A DIFFERENT SPORTS CAR FOR EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR!

Sports cars make up one of the most beloved automotive genres for the majority of car fans – in fact, you’ve probably heard that “Getting there is half the fun” and “It’s the journey not the destination” well, whoever coined those phrases was probably driving a Ferrari or a Porsche!

365 Sports Cars You Must Drive provides fun facts and overviews on the greatest, oddest, most beautiful, and most ill considered sports cars of all time. Every sports car you’ve ever dreamed of driving - and a few that never occurred to you – is presented in this entertaining volume making this the perfect read for all automotive enthusiasts.

365 Sports Cars You Must Drive includes hyper-performing German supercars to classic British roadsters, including icons like Ferrari, Lamborghini, Porsche, and Corvette to everyman sportsters from Triumph, MG, Sunbeam and Miata to oddballs like Crosley, Sabra, and DB. Sports cars inspire passion and strong opinions as few other vehicles on the road could and authors John Lamm, Larry Edsall and Steve Sutcliffe put you in the driver’s seat of 365 unique sports cars, each with a road to travel and a story to tell.

How many have you driven……..dreamed about……….or even shuddered at the thought of?

365 Sports Cars You Must Drive is available to order in the UK from Amazon.co.uk or Grantham Book Services on 01476 541080 -  Published by Motorbooks in Paperback ISBN: 9780-7603-4045-5.

RRP: £14.99 or less at Amazon online

Ford of Britain 100: Image of the Week – 46/52

To celebrate the centenary of Ford of Britain in 2011 the company is exploring its photo archive to reveal rarely seen images. Ford's unique relationship with Britain and its society will be illustrated each week by specially selected pictures.

This week the archives have been under investigation to reveal Ford’s long standing relationship with Britain’s police force.

For several decades Ford vehicles have been a favourite of the UK’s emergency services. ‘Bobbies’ could regularly be seen patrolling local villages in sky-blue Ford Anglias, with iconic white doors, as commonly seen in the popular 1960s television programme, Heartbeat.

The Ford Anglia 105E was notably famous for its overhead valve engine and long gearing, which anticipated the opening of Britain’s major new motorways the M1 and M6 in the early 1960s. This Ford sold more than one million units since its debut at the Earls Court motorshow in 1959. Available as a saloon or an estate car, the Anglia was on sale for eight years until 1967.

Today, Ford vehicles still play a leading role in Britain’s emergency services with cars ranging from the Ford Fiesta to the Ford Mondeo and Ford Transit van. 

You can follow the latest news from Ford at: www.facebook.com/ford www.twitter.com/forduk or www.youtube.com/forduktv 



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Legbud UK Supports MacMillans Cancer Charity with Coffee

Legbud UK recently swapped smart-pass doors for coffee and cake as they sponsored a local coffee morning in aid of Macmillan’s Cancer. 

Legbud supplied all the beverages; and ingredients to make a range of tempting cakes and biscuits, which were sold in aid of the Cancer charity.

The morning was organised and hosted by Legbud UK Sales Manager’s wife, Laura Berry, who was raising money in memory of her mother Jean Westlake. With gift aid the event raised over £500 for the charity that provides practical, medical and financial support for people suffering with cancer.

If you would like to donate please send cheques to “Macmillan Cancer Support” to Legbud UK. Unit 19, The Fort Industrial Park, Dunlop Way, Birmingham, B35 7AR

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Specifying CE Marked timber doorsets – a guide for building professionals’ document

At present, CE marking in the UK is voluntary and expectation is by 2013, CE marking of all relevant construction products will become compulsory in all EU member states and will include doorsets.

With the benefits of CE marked doorsets clearly apparent they are fully expected to become the default requirement for major projects such as schools, hospitals and other public buildings and that CE marked doorsets will be the preferred specification for general applications as they offer many advantages compared with door assemblies created on site from separately sourced components. These door assemblies cannot be CE marked and, even with a door assembly comprising components previously forming part of a CE marked doorset, they may not be compatible, therefore it cannot be assumed that this is in any way equivalent to obtaining a CE marked doorset from a single source.

Leaderflush Shapland, the UK’s leading performance doorset manufacturer, sees CE marking as a positive step and is working in conjunction with the Door and Hardware Federation (DHF) to promote the benefits to architects, specifiers, designers, contractors and end-users through a specifically tailored document titled ‘Specifying CE marked timber doorsets - a guide for building professionals’, which can be downloaded from the Leaderflush Shapland website. The document outlines what standards CE marked timber doorsets will need to be tested to and the benefits to the specifier of choosing CE marked timber doorsets.

Ray Anning, Leaderflush Shapland’s Head of Technical and NPD explained why the company is giving its full support to the new standard, “CE marking will mean that one manufacturer alone is responsible and accountable for the performance and certification of the entire doorset and ironmongery assembly and that compatibility of all the components is assured.

“It also considerably improves on-site logistics leading to faster and more accurate installation and reducing potential health and safety issues with site work and assembly.”

Leaderflush Shapland has been a long-time advocate of the doorset as a fully finished, engineered element comprising frame, pre-hung door leaf (with any vision panels) and essential ironmongery, all matched and pre-assembled in the factory and delivered to site as a package for reassembly and simple installation. Their doorsets are designed as complete, engineered units to meet specific performance requirements and manufactured to exacting standards from established components under factory conditions.

For more information, call 01773 530500 or visit www.leaderflushshapland.co.uk



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