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Health and Safety Warning for Small Businesses

A significant number of small tobusinesses is not onerous, it's actually
medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are nothelping them to keep best practice and
keeping their health and safety recordskeep the business up and running and
up to date, it has been claimed -operating," Ms Fowlie continued.
meaning many are in breach of standards."Good health and safety practice
According to Lisa Fowlie, president ofactually generates good business
the Institution of Occupational Safetypractice."
and Health (IOSH), small businesses inMs Fowlie went on to warn small firms
general are not fully au fait withthat even if they are still of the
health and safety guidelines andopinion that health and safety
regulations, and often view them in aprocedures are an unwanted distraction,
negative light.they should still do all they can to
Rather than being seen an attempt toensure they are fully compliant with the
improve standards in businesses, shelaw - because if they don't, the Health
said, too often SMBs see health andand Safety Executive or the local
safety legislation as being detrimentalauthorities will be on their backs.
to their cause.In order to reduce the burden of red
However, Ms Fowlie has suggested thattape while ensuring that they remain on
applying health and safety law is notthe right side of the law, Ms Fowlie
only "very easy to do", but also confersadvised firms to keep things simple.
positive benefits. She admitted, though,"You don't want overkill; you don't want
that these are facts all too often lostmasses and masses of files if you don't
on small businesses.need them," she said.
"It's very difficult to get the message"You want to put what we call sensible
across to small businesses, because byrisk management in, so that they can
their nature they have got very fewcontinue with what they're doing, rather
people [so there's an issue] of whothan anything that stops them doing it."
actually takes the role on… PeopleDisclaimer:
think that you have to have a hugeThis article has been written for
amount of red tape, and that if youinformation and interest purposes only.
start on [health and safety procedures]The information contained within this
then it's going to stop them operating,"article is the opinion of the author
she commented.only, and should not be construed as
"Whereas in actual fact, a lot of smalladvice or used to make financial
businesses are very low risk and so thedecisions. Expert financial advice
actual implementation is very reasonableshould always be sought and any links
and very easy to do. There's a lack ofcontained within this article are
understanding quite often.included for information purposes only.
"Getting health and safety into



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