Ive just started a business; what are the first things I should do regarding health and safety?
If you are starting a commercial or industrial business and are employing people, you’re legally obliged to notify your local Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inspector or local authority. If your business involves manufacturing or processing or providing a service such as dry cleaning or telephone repairs, ring the Health and Safety Executive’s Infoline (tel. 0845 345 0055) and they will send you a Health and Safety form to complete. If your business is a shop, office, restaurant, hotel, launderette or residential home, your local authority’s environmental health department will send you a form. If you are in doubt as to who to register with, telephone the Health and Safety Executive ‘s Infoline (tel. 0845 345 0055). Find out more about Health and Safety and your business in Lawpack’s Health & Safety at Work Essentials.
