This week (12th – 16th May 2025) is No Falls Week.

Now in its second year, this annual campaign aims to promote good height safety practices in British workplaces. Falls from height kill more workers in this country than any other type of accident, so it's crucial for employers and their staff to understand the risks that come with working at height and the steps that can be taken to mitigate said risks.

Falls from ladders are the most common type of fall from height in UK workplaces, so we at Ladders UK Direct take height safety very seriously indeed. In the spirit of No Falls Week, here's some advice to follow if you (or your employees) need to use a ladder while working...

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Working at height always comes with risks, whether you’re using scaffolding, ladders or work platforms.

Today, we’ve got 8 tips to help minimise your risk and maximise your safety when you need to make use of an elevated work platform.

Pictured: Krause 5 Way Ladder Platform

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Ladders have played a surprisingly pivotal role in all sorts of different video games, from AAA shooters and action-adventure titles to visual novels and cosy life sims.

In our Ladders in Video Games series, we spotlight some of our favourite video game ladders – and today we're looking back at one of the greatest wrestling games of all time, namely WWF No Mercy for the Nintendo 64.

WWF No Mercy was released in the year 2000: the height of the so-called 'Attitude Era', when big names like The Rock, Triple H and Stone Cold Steve Austin were taking the world by storm and making professional wrestling more popular than it had ever been before.

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The humble ladder is plagued by myriad myths and misconceptions that just won’t go away.

Let’s dispel some lies!

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Since multi-position ladders can often be used in a step ladder configuration, you might be wondering which one you should actually be using. Has the standard step ladder been made obsolete by its shape-shifting big brother?

In this blog post, we will examine the differences between step ladders and multi-position ladders to see which option is right for you.

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