Health & safety law hampering the UK ?
A survey of some 6,000 businesses has unsurprisingly found that many consider that UK health & safety law compliance costs are making British business uncompetitive. Clearly, this is a controversial area as healath & safety is vitally important but few would argue against simplifying the rules, which are overly complex. Calls for this are increasing following the publication of Lord Young’s report, “Common sense, common safety” which is well worth a read and which has led to the beginning of a different approach being rolled out over the next 18 months by the Health & Safety executive.