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Gerard Hand

Gerard Hand started his career in retail sector safety as retail field health, safety, and fire manager with Sainsbury’s. Hand now runs GPH Safety Limited and has forged a successful career in working with a number of blue-chip organizations and is a regular speaker at events worldwide. He can be contacted at enquiries (at) gphsafety (dot) co (dot) uk.

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Workplace Health and Safety: Dispelling the Myths

As a young boy, my dreams didn’t include wanting to be a workplace health and safety professional. In fact, I probably wasn’t alone in...

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