Health and Safety

Like it or not, you have to deal with this stuff!

Microsoft: The FPB (Forum of Private Business) believes these new ‘fee for intervention’ rules could lead to heavy-handed and inconsistent treatment for small companies. (That’s most of us, then).

Planet Vending: Our own Alison Driver on the perils of the revoked driving licence. Don’t miss it.

Scotsman.com: Because of the introduction of the HSE’s new Fees For Intervention (FFI), scheme businesses must get compliant with health and safety law or face potentially hefty costs. Clearly written and informative, so READ IT!

Personnel Today: People often do not notice small progressive changes to their vision. So, where does the responsibility lie for checking that employees can see properly when driving for work? Three guesses…

Business Zone reports that, according to a workplace information provider, the removal of burdensome red tape safety regulations may not be as radical as the government led employers to believe. ‘Oh, good’, we hear you say. Go on, you know you ought to. 

Fee For Intervention: The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has recently confirmed that its cost recovery scheme, Fee for Intervention (FFI), will start on 1 October 2012. Foodbev.com says that ‘The Fee for Intervention (FFI) aims to recover costs from those who break health and safety laws for the time and effort HSE spends helping to put matters right, such as investigating, writing reports and taking enforcement action. The details are here.

About the author

The Editor

Planet Vending’s Editor is Ian Reynolds-Young and it’s Ian’s unique writing talent that has made PV what it is today – the best read (red) vending blog in the world, and vending’s best read (reed). Ian ‘tripped and fell into vending’, in the capacity of PR executive, before launching a specialist agency, ‘reynoldscopy’, dedicated to the UK Vending business. The company continues to represent the interests of many of the sector’s leading brands.

‘It’s all about telling stories’, he says. ‘We want to make every visit to PV a rewarding experience. By celebrating the achievements of the UK’s operating companies, we’re on a mission to debunk the idea that vending is retailing’s poor relation.’

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