SMEs urged not to cut back on health and safety
Towergate Insurance has warned small businesses that cutting back on health and safety could cost them in terms of both money and reputation.
New health and safety rules have been announced by the Government, focusing upon high hazard sites and targeting rogue employers and consultants.
Under the terms of the new regulations responsible employers who are not in a particularly hazardous sector will no longer face proactive health and safety inspections.
It is forecast that the changes will see the number of health and safety inspections cut by about a third.
The reduced burden on business has been welcomed by Towergate, but the insurer has warned SMEs not to take health and safety for granted.
Chief Executive Officer Jonathan Walker explained that businesses still face the same consequences if they suffer a serious incident and urged the business community not to skimp on health and safety.
Last month the union Unite attacked the plans, which could see 11,000 fewer health and safety inspections per year, stating that they could see possible compromises in workplace health and safety.
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