A chemical company has been sentenced after one worker was killed and another left with life-changing injuries when they were overcome by a toxic vapour cloud. A little over 16 months later there was another incident involving the same toxic chemical. Hull Crown Court heard that in the early hours of 5 March 2010, at the Grimsby plant of Cristal Pigment UK Limited (formerly Millennium Inorganic Chemicals), there was a build-up of Titanium Tetrachloride within a vessel. The chemical came into contact with water creating a violent reaction, whic... Continue reading

A London council has been warned to toughen up the way it protects personal information after a social worker left court documents on the roof of her car and drove off. The London Borough of Ealing has signed up to a series of measures drawn up with the Information Commissioner’s Office to improve its data protection practices following the incident. Personal data, some of it sensitive, relating to 27 people and including 14 children was lost when the social worker accidentally left them on top of her car in February this year. The document... Continue reading

Last week saw us celebrate the 21st anniversary of the launch of International Workplace on 16 November 1995. A reception held at the International Workplace Executive Centre in London was attended by 80 invited guests, including some of the original team behind the company’s early success. Starting life in a back-bedroom in Cambridge as Asset Information Limited, the company has seen quite a few changes over the years. Founder and Managing Director David Sharp noted at the launch that in 1995 John Major was the UK’s Prime Minister, Robso... Continue reading

Our Executive Centre is a purpose-built training and meeting venue in Clerkenwell in central London. Just a 5-10 minute walk away from stops on the Circle and Northern lines, and from the Thameslink / Crossrail station at Farringdon, it’s ideally located for public transport. And as a dedicated training venue, it’s perfectly set up for anything from examinations, and formal meetings through to interviews, informal gatherings, auditions and drinks receptions. We have six meeting rooms, from small interview rooms up to a room that can accomm... Continue reading

We are currently finalising our 2017 course programme and – as well as a raft of exciting new eLearning courses set for launch in the first six months of next year – we are expanding the number of locations for our classroom training programme. Next year sees new International Workplace venues in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Birmingham and Manchester, in addition to the courses we already run in Cambridge and at our dedicated Executive Centre in Clerkenwell, London (see below for more information). Through our International Workplace accred... Continue reading