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If you’re responsible for driving horseboxes at work, please be aware of permitted lorry weights. It is important to understand that both a driver and their employer can be prosecuted, and [...]

In April, the BHA shared with trainers the government’s newly launched UK Concussion Guidelines which aim to help better identify, manage and prevent concussion. The guidelines have been [...]

Last year the Racing Staff Development Programme delivered a series of presentations on the importance of PPE, how to check it and when to change it. PPE stands for personal protection equipment [...]

British racing has outlined plans for easing the remaining COVID-19 raceday restrictions, which would see Weighing Room testing requirements lifted by the end of February. Under racing’s [...]

BHA Notice – announced 1 January 2022 Recognising the difficulty some participants and officials have had in ordering Lateral Flow Tests (LFTs), the racing industry COVID-19 Group has temporarily [...]

Sick pay provisions during Coronavirus pandemic Please note that from the 10 December, anyone who has been notified of a positive test result is legally required to self-isolate at home and is [...]

The Government has announced increases in the National Living and National Minimum Wages effective from April 2022.  These affect Scales 1 – 5 of the NJC wage agreement as follows: Age 23 and [...]

From Monday 16 August, people who are fully vaccinated or aged under 18 and 6 months will no longer be legally required to self-isolate if they are identified as a close contact of a positive [...]

The BHA has published updated COVID-19 Guidelines and Operating Procedures that will apply at British race meetings from Monday 19 July 2021. The full announcement is available on the BHA website [...]

From the BHA and Racing Welfare Newmarket residents associated with the Racing industry who are yet to receive their Covid-19 vaccination are being encouraged to take advantage of two clinics [...]