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Advantages of water efficiency in business
Some of the financial and non-financial benefits of taking a sustainable approach to water use in your business
How to analyse water use in your business
How you can assess the cost of your business water use by analysing how much water you use across all operations
Top tips for saving water in your business
Tips on how to engage your business in saving water and practical tips for minimising water use
What is the Plastic Packaging Tax?
How your business can comply with the Plastic Packaging Tax which came into force in the UK on 1 April 2022
Disabled access and facilities in business premises
Information on what adjustments you can make to ensure your business is accessible to disabled people.
How to improve access for people with disabilities
Change policies and procedures to improve disabled people's access to your business premises, products, and services.
When a person is considered to have a disability
Description of those people who are legally defined as disabled under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.
Removing physical barriers to access
How to provide access to your services and products for people with disabilities.
Improve access and use of facilities for disabled employees
Make reasonable adjustments to physical features in the workplace to ensure equal access for staff with disabilities.
Seeking permission when improving access to business premises
The permission you might require when making changes to improve access for disabled people on your business premises.
Making our services accessible to disabled people - Lyric Theatre (video)
This video case study outlines how the Lyric Theatre’s premises, equipment, and services make its facilities accessible for all.
Fire safety and fire risk assessment
How businesses can identify fire risks, minimise the potential of fire on their premises and understand their duties to fire safety legislation.
Fire risk assessment
Carrying out a fire risk assessment and putting in place appropriate measures to ensure the risks are minimised.
Fire safety equipment and evacuation plans
You must be able to detect a fire quickly and have means of escape and equipment to fight the fire as appropriate.
Duties of the appropriate person for fire safety
How the responsible person must have a fire risk assessment in place and minimise risk using a fire management plan.
Fire safety and building work
Taking into account building regulations requirements for fire safety when building, extending or materially altering your business premises.
Fire safety responsibility
All businesses and commercial premises must have a designated person responsible for fire safety arrangements.
Fire drills and training
How fire safety training should effectively inform employees and give them an understanding of what to do if a fire breaks out.
Fire safety: record, review and revise
Keeping and maintaining records of fire safety procedures and testing fire safety equipment.
Reduce potential flood damage
Simple, low-cost steps to reduce the damage caused by flooding to your business premises.