News Home page/ News All types {$cat.news$} Blog 7 Mar 2018 Ricardo crisis and emergency response team shares experience in on-scene command Experts from Ricardo and NCEC's crisis and emergency response management business area will share their global experience in delivering rapid incident response and discuss the core skill sets required for effective on-scene command during a free webinar on 17 April 2018 at 14:00 BST. Read more 26 Feb 2018 France sets 01 January 2018 as poison centre notification deadline for businesses without RGS** certificate The National Research and Safety Institute for the Prevention of Occupational Accidents and Diseases has announced that, as of the 01 January 2018, it will only accept notifications to poison centres in France submitted by organisations that have been granted a valid RGS** certificate and which notify through the ‘Declaration Synapse’ web-portal. Read more 19 Feb 2018 Changes to the 59th edition of the IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released the latest edition of its Dangerous Goods Regulations (DGR) which came into force on 1st Janaury 2018. Caroline Raine, NCEC's regulatory expert, outlines some of those changes and also what we can expect from 2019. Read more 25 Jan 2018 Financial Times recognises Ricardo Energy & Environment as leader in sustainability Ricardo Energy & Environment, part of global engineering company Ricardo, has been acknowledged as one of the UK’s leading management consultants for 2018 by the Financial Times. Read more 15 Jan 2018 Dangers of latest internet challenge The internet has long encouraged some strange behaviour with memes, trends and challenges going viral, such as the ice-bucket challenge, the cinnamon challenge, the mannequin challenge and planking. However, the need to surpass previous challenges always had the potential to reach dangerous heights. Read more 10 Jan 2018 ECHA releases update on feasibility study into one-stop poison centre notification portal The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has voted to create an opt-in poison centre notification portal, which could harmonise how some EU Member States accept notifications to poison centres. Read more 21 Dec 2017 Providing 24-hour emergency response this festive period You would be forgiven for thinking that providing emergency telephone response on Christmas day will mean that our team will have a quiet shift. In reality, we receive a surprisingly high volume of calls, ranging from festive themed spills to potentially high-consequence industrial chemical emergencies. Read more 24 Oct 2017 New Zealand update on supply regulation From the 1st December 2017 changes to the way hazardous substances are managed in New Zealand will come into effect. Read more 19 Oct 2017 Poison centre update – fees and enforcement across Europe on the rise In this poison centre update, we discuss the impact of Italy’s new poison centre fees and what Spain’s exemptions for industrial mixtures could mean for your business Read more 18 Sep 2017 Chemdata® licences donated to help train Bosnian firefighters Earlier this year, NCEC donated licences of its world-leading chemical hazard database, Chemdata, to the International Fire and Rescue Association (IFRA) as part of a relief mission to Cazin in North West Bosnia starting on 18 August. Read more 31 Jul 2017 Changes to Pocket Chemdata iOS app iOS Chemdata App update now live on the App Store! Pocket Chemdata subscribers using iOS devices will now need to log in within the app to see their data. The old device code + activation key security model has been removed. Read more 19 Jul 2017 RADSAFE picks NCEC incident notification for radioactive material transport UK mutual aid scheme RADSAFE has appointed NCEC, a subsidiary of Ricardo, to provide 24-hour incident notification to coordinate rapid response in the event of an incident involving radioactive materials. Read more Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 ... Next
7 Mar 2018 Ricardo crisis and emergency response team shares experience in on-scene command Experts from Ricardo and NCEC's crisis and emergency response management business area will share their global experience in delivering rapid incident response and discuss the core skill sets required for effective on-scene command during a free webinar on 17 April 2018 at 14:00 BST. Read more
26 Feb 2018 France sets 01 January 2018 as poison centre notification deadline for businesses without RGS** certificate The National Research and Safety Institute for the Prevention of Occupational Accidents and Diseases has announced that, as of the 01 January 2018, it will only accept notifications to poison centres in France submitted by organisations that have been granted a valid RGS** certificate and which notify through the ‘Declaration Synapse’ web-portal. Read more
19 Feb 2018 Changes to the 59th edition of the IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released the latest edition of its Dangerous Goods Regulations (DGR) which came into force on 1st Janaury 2018. Caroline Raine, NCEC's regulatory expert, outlines some of those changes and also what we can expect from 2019. Read more
25 Jan 2018 Financial Times recognises Ricardo Energy & Environment as leader in sustainability Ricardo Energy & Environment, part of global engineering company Ricardo, has been acknowledged as one of the UK’s leading management consultants for 2018 by the Financial Times. Read more
15 Jan 2018 Dangers of latest internet challenge The internet has long encouraged some strange behaviour with memes, trends and challenges going viral, such as the ice-bucket challenge, the cinnamon challenge, the mannequin challenge and planking. However, the need to surpass previous challenges always had the potential to reach dangerous heights. Read more
10 Jan 2018 ECHA releases update on feasibility study into one-stop poison centre notification portal The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has voted to create an opt-in poison centre notification portal, which could harmonise how some EU Member States accept notifications to poison centres. Read more
21 Dec 2017 Providing 24-hour emergency response this festive period You would be forgiven for thinking that providing emergency telephone response on Christmas day will mean that our team will have a quiet shift. In reality, we receive a surprisingly high volume of calls, ranging from festive themed spills to potentially high-consequence industrial chemical emergencies. Read more
24 Oct 2017 New Zealand update on supply regulation From the 1st December 2017 changes to the way hazardous substances are managed in New Zealand will come into effect. Read more
19 Oct 2017 Poison centre update – fees and enforcement across Europe on the rise In this poison centre update, we discuss the impact of Italy’s new poison centre fees and what Spain’s exemptions for industrial mixtures could mean for your business Read more
18 Sep 2017 Chemdata® licences donated to help train Bosnian firefighters Earlier this year, NCEC donated licences of its world-leading chemical hazard database, Chemdata, to the International Fire and Rescue Association (IFRA) as part of a relief mission to Cazin in North West Bosnia starting on 18 August. Read more
31 Jul 2017 Changes to Pocket Chemdata iOS app iOS Chemdata App update now live on the App Store! Pocket Chemdata subscribers using iOS devices will now need to log in within the app to see their data. The old device code + activation key security model has been removed. Read more
19 Jul 2017 RADSAFE picks NCEC incident notification for radioactive material transport UK mutual aid scheme RADSAFE has appointed NCEC, a subsidiary of Ricardo, to provide 24-hour incident notification to coordinate rapid response in the event of an incident involving radioactive materials. Read more