Tag: health and safety
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Make best use of standards
Standards can help you ensure your products, services or business systems meet fixed specifications or quality benchmarks. Their use is voluntary, but can bring a range of business benefits. They can help you: This guide sets out what standards are and how they can benefit your business. It also covers the management system standards that can…
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Sending staff on international business trips
The number of UK workers being sent overseas on business trips is increasing as business becomes more international – either to carry out tasks or meet new or existing customers and suppliers. A visit might span a couple of days or last for a week or more, yet regardless of duration, employers have a range…
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Sunday working and night working
If you employ people to work for you at night, you need to know about the additional regulations covering the hours they are allowed to work, the minimum age of workers and health and safety issues. Anyone running a shop or betting business that is open on a Sunday needs to be familiar with the…
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Outsourcing
Outsourcing is when you contract out a business function – a particular task, role or process – to a third party over a substantial period of time. This third-party organisation takes control of the function and becomes responsible for its success. Outsourcing may save you money, help you be more flexible and manage growth effectively.…