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Health and safety advice – a beginner’s guide for businesses

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Competent person

Its important that you appoint a competent person to manage the health and safety requirements within your business

This can be yourself, an employee, or a consultant. They should have the skills, knowledge and experience to be able to recognise hazards in your business and help you put sensible controls in place to protect workers and others from harm.

For information about competent person, please see the advice on the Health and safety Executives website.