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Beacon have now added Toro Ltd to its portfolio

Beacon Safety Acquires Toro Ltd

Beacon Safety Ltd. is delighted to announce to all our customers and suppliers that it has purchased Toro Ltd’s business. This acquisition will enable us to offer our customers an even more comprehensive range of products and services and provide us with a larger footprint in the market. We are confident this will be a…

Respiratory Protective Equipment (RPE): Cleaning and Maintenance

Respiratory Protective Equipment (RPE): Cleaning and Maintenance

Respiratory protective equipment (RPE) is designed to protect the wearer from inhaling hazardous materials and prevent serious long-term health conditions later in life. Neglecting this equipment can have a detrimental impact on the safety levels a mask will provide. Proper cleaning and maintenance is an essential part of ensuring respiratory masks achieve optimum performance and maximise…

Power Tool Vibration: Control of Vibration at Work Regulations 2005

Power Tool Vibration: Control of Vibration at Work Regulations 2005

The HSE Vibration at work advises employers on exposure levels, impacts of excessive exposure, who’s at risk, measuring exposure, and reducing the risks. This is to combat the side effects that long periods of exposure can cause. There are two areas the HSE look at in their guidance, hand-arm vibration from power tools and machinery and whole-body vibration from…

Surface Preparation: Trelawny VL303 Needle Scaler How-to-Guide

Surface Preparation: Trelawny VL303 Needle Scaler – How-to-Guide

Cleaning surfaces or removing coatings or other materials that have built up that require specialised tools. The Trelawny VL303 needle gun or needle scaler is the ideal low vibration solution designed for projects of all different sizes and surfaces.  How does the needle scaler work? The Trelawny VL303 houses 28 x 3mm needles attached to…

How do you sand concrete floors

Concrete floors: How do you sand concrete floors?

Sanding concrete floors requires specific tools such as floor grinders to make sure an even finish is achieved. Concrete itself is one of the most commonly used materials in construction due to its’ affordability, durability and low maintenance properties. It is also waterproof, which makes it resistant to things like erosion. Concrete has historically been…

H Class Vacuum Cleaners

Benefits of H class vacuum cleaners

The key benefits of h class vacuum cleaners are they reduce the disruption of dust when cleaning up hazardous materials on-site, which in turn reduces exposure of workers to inhalation of dangerous particles.
Allows for the safe disposal of these materials without the risk to construction workers.

Beacon International Christmas Opening Hours

Beacon Christmas Business Hours

As the festive season draws in, we would like to make all our customers aware of the business opening hours to minimise any disruptions to your service.  We will be closed from the 23rd December 2021, this is the last day for placing orders for delivery on the 4th January 2022.  The last day for…

Draining a Beacon decontamination unit

How to drain a decontamination unit in winter?

A decontamination unit is drained by opening the valves at the source and letting the water run out of the system, i.e. sinks, showers, water tanks and boilers. All drainage areas are designed to get wet and can be carried out from a parked position. If there are going to be larger volumes of water,…