A step by step guide to the duty to manage asbestos.
Category: Small businesses
Small Business Trade Association Forum meeting agendas, minutes and papers
Updated minutes, agendas and papers for the Small Business Trade Association Forum are now available online.
Induction pack for smaller construction companies
This presentation has been prepared by Site Safe Scotland with assistance from the construction industry, WWT Campaign and HSE.
Moves to simplify health and safety take effect
Moves to make health and safety laws easier to understand and comply with take effect from today.
Museum staff watch their step whilst preparing to open to public
Staff and volunteers at The Farmland Museum and Denny Abbey on the doorstep of Cambridge have today pledged
No harm down on the farm
Staff at the family-run Ashlyn’s Farm Shop in North Weald, Essex, have today pledged their support to the HSE
Free - Business Advice Open Days
There have been a lot of venue and date changes for these events, ensure your event is still running.
Are you a property developer?
Health and safety regulations help you make sure that your construction project is safe to build, safe to use and safe to
Are you property developing?
38 people died last year whilst working on construction refurbishment, repair and maintenance projects. A new HSE campaign kick’s off
Company and director fined for exposing staff to asbestos
HSE warns businesses to ensure they keep accurate details of asbestos in their buildings before any construction work takes place.
Suspended sentence for hotel owner who flouted the law
HSE warns companies to comply with their notices after a Lincolnshire hotel owner was sentenced for a number of offences.
Kirklees Better Health at Work project: Final report
The overall aim of this research was to contribute to an understanding of the delivery of support and
Business Advice Open Days - new dates
Business Advice Open Days are the largest cross government business support Nationwide free roadshows of their kind,
New example risk assessments
A further three new example risk assessments have been added to the current list they are for a Charity shop,
REACH information and guidance link
A link to ‘European Commission User Guide - SME Definitions’ has been added to the European Commission/European CHemicals Agency (EC/ECHA)
HSE Chair speaks on Process Safety and Performance Measurement
Giving a keynote address at the Cefic Annual Responsible Care conference on October 23, HSE Chair Judith Hackitt
Involving your workers: A guide for small businesses
By law, you must consult all of your employees on health and safety issues at work and this free leaflet explains how you can do this.

