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(From Western Daily Press)

Health and safety is an area that all businesses need to be mindful of, but for certain industries it can be a veritable Three Rs minefield.

The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) itself provides plenty of useful information for businesses on the latest rules and regulations, but wading through it to find what is relevant to your own particular firm can be a daunting task.

Fortunately, help is at hand for West companies when it comes to one particularly important health and safety issue: asbestos.

Local asbestos specialist Shield Environmental Services is to hold a series of free, half-day asbestos awareness courses for senior managers and directors. These will look at the huge danger still posed by the UK's legacy of asbestos use.

The asbestos ...

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