The government has introduced new rules to exempt hundreds of thousands of businesses from inspections by local authorities and the Health & Safety Executive.
According to Business Minister Michael Fallon shops, pubs, offices and clubs will no longer face expensive, time consuming and burdensome regulations with more than 3000 regulations being scrapped or overhauled.
“The government has done a solid job in tackling the overall number of regulations out there and we congratulate ministers on that,” said Alexander Jackman, Head of Policy at The Forum of Private Business (FPB). “What it needs to do now is commit to avoid changing the existing rules as often, to reduce the cost of compliance.”
Mr Jackman commented further, “The constant churn of employment law regulations provides as much of a burden to small businesses, who have to invest time and resource – or expensively outsource – in order to understand areas. Parental leave is a prime example. Businesses accept the need for it, but are frustrated that periods of leave and processes constantly change.”
Relaxed laws will enable small business regulation to grow and drive economic recovery. The FPB has recently campaigned for the creation of better access to consistent, simple advice about compliance for its members.
Photo: Alex Jackman