Health & Safety Forum at East Lancashire Chamber of Commerce

Date: Wednesday 13 September 2023
Time: 9:00am – 11:00am
Location: The University of Sheffield – AMRC North West, Roy Chadwick Way, Samlesbury Enterprise Zone, Mellor Brook, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB2 7HP

Napthens Health & Safety is proudly sponsoring the Health & Safety Forum held by East Lancashire Chamber of Commerce.

This event is aimed at anyone responsible for health and safety in the workplace. It will also be of interest to CEOs, business owners, senior managers, HR, and training managers.

At this next Health & Safety Forum we’ll explore the benefits of using technology in the field of Health & Safety.

Technology is encountered more and more in everyday life.  It is also becoming more evident in our working life and can assist those with health and safety responsibilities.

At this next event, our Head of Health & Safety Neil Hughes-Hutchings, will look at the benefits of using third party apps and how they can also be adopted by other departments, where periodic checks or inspections are carried out.

Neil will also explain how our AfterAthena Hub app provides clients with a way to network with likeminded individuals and access health and safety information and resources.

Also speaking at the event is Deyrick Allen, Managing Director of IoT Hotizon Ltd who will be explaining how in a world driven by innovation, technology and safety intertwine; where training isn’t a task but an experience, where preparation meets innovation, and where safety becomes second nature. Deyrick will also touch upon how virtual reality can evolve into an immersive classroom, fueled by 3D models that replicate real-world settings.

Neil Hughes-Hutchings, Napthens Group

Neil is Head of Health and Safety at AfterAthena Limited, leading a specialist team of health and safety consultants providing health & safety advice, guidance and training to a diverse, multi-sector portfolio of clients across the Northwest of England. Working with clients to develop and implement Health & Safety Policy and wider health & safety management systems, including completion of risk assessments, site audits and inspections, fire risk assessments, incident & accident investigations and provision of specialist technical support and information.

Deyrick Allen, IoT Horizon Ltd

Deyrick Allen, an innovator at heart, helps businesses to thrive in the Digital World. He is the MD of IoT Horizon, a Lancashire based IoT Solutions Company. With a career spanning over 30+ years’ Deyrick has navigated technical, commercial and IT security roles for small, medium, and large enterprises. Deyrick helps clients to innovate and adopt new technologies that solve operational challenges, improve the health and wellbeing of employees whilst reducing their carbon impact.