Just finished reading Alan Sugars "the way I see it".. heres his insight into H&S
"Now, I appreciate that these regulations were designed to reduce accidents in the workplace, which in turn would prevent loss of work hours and save costs to organisations like the NHS. However, I think that weve gone into complete and utter overkill. Whats worse is it has spawned these new industries and services which have popped up to exploit the vulnerabilities that exist in companies,large and small, which have no choice but to be compliant.
Lets look at the so called experts - the health and safety consultants.Now, you might be surprised to hear that there are no mandatory qualifications required to call oneself a health and safety consultant. in Fact you could set yourself up as one,In many cases, the advise given is no more than plain common sense. All you need to do is go on the web - there are loads of government websites that dish out all the checklists and guidelines on how to be compliant.. Nevertheless, some of these consultants come in, full of the self importance, and try to intimidate small businesses into using their alleged expertise. The easiest way of frightening somebody is to tell them that they may be exposing themselves to possible financial claims." etc
