ESFA confirms SMEs can access the apprenticeship service & funding from January 2020
November 2019 ESFA confirms SMEs can access the apprenticeship service & funding from January 2020 Issued 30/10/19 by the Education & Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) ESFA have confirmed that SMEs (those that do not pay the apprenticeship levy i.e. have a payroll of less than £3m/year), would soon be able to access the benefits of using the award-winning apprenticeship service. The service, already in use by large employers, will give SMEs, the majority of LCA members, access to apprenticeship funding. To support this, additiRead More
Double sentence for Legionella failure
November 2019 TWO PEOPLE have been sentenced after failing to control the risk of exposure to Legionella bacteria in the cooling tower at their business premises in Spring Hill, Birmingham. Birmingham Magistrates Court heard that, between June 2017 and February 2018, Kulwant Singh Chatha and partner Satpaul Kaur Chatha of Isher Hangers failed to put suitable measures in place to control the risk of Legionella bacteria from the cooling tower on their premises. Concerns raised by their own water treatment consultants were ignored, and no Legionella risk assessmentRead More
LCA Management Committee Changes
September 2019 Howard Barnes and Bill Thomas have stepped down from the LCA Management Committee making way for new committee members. Howard has spent 42 years in water treatment and has enjoyed an international career with one of the larger LCA member companies. Howard is retiring from Nalco Water, but he mentions ‘there is life in the old dog yet!!!’ Bill has spent more than 30 years in water treatment and legionella control including founding and managing an international independent consultancy, ISHEM. Bill is reducing outside commitmeRead More
Ongoing Review of the LCA
September 2019 The LCA requires our Members to review their own procedures at least once per year with an internal review. Within the LCA, the standards Subcommittee of the LCA Management Committee undertakes a similar process to ensure we meet the needs of today and are in line with current best practice. The Sub-committee meets monthly to review all LCA published documents and standards on a rolling basis. Any areas of LCA Code of Conduct, Standards for Service Delivery or guidance documents you feel needs to be updated or amended – please let us know viRead More
Coroners Report Comments from Death in Care Home
September 2019 A Jury concluded earlier this year that a Man who died in a relatively newly constructed Fordingbridge care home died from Legionella pneumonia. A recent regulation 28 report from the Coroner, Nicholas Rheinberg, had two significant concerns to raise with two separate organisations. The MATTERS OF CONCERN are as follows. – 1. To the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) - Expert evidence suggested that architects desiRead More