Healthy, happy staff are good for business

The KeepWell Mark helps to improve health, safety and wellbeing in workplaces and comes highly recommended by Liam O’Donoghue of Ibec, writes Graham Clifford

Liam O’Donoghue, deputy chief executive of, Ibec: promoting wellbeing in the workplace is not optional, it’s a must Pic: Conor McCabe

The needle hovered defiantly on the number ‘17’ as Liam O’Donoghue looked downwards. The weighing scales were telling him what he already knew – that he’d ignored his physical health for too long and that it was time to do something about it, to take back control.

“When younger I was always very active, but then towards the end of my college years, and afterwards, I developed bad eating habits and wasn’t exercising. ...