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Make an offer to buy a business property
Understand conditional offers, lockout agreements, building survey results and raising finance for the purchase.
Buying commercial property: using a solicitor
A solicitor can offer valuable legal advice and support to negotiate a suitable deal when purchasing business property.
Buying business property
What to consider when buying your own business premises, financial and legal aspects, and when to use a solicitor or surveyor.
Health and safety during storms and bad weather
Health and safety considerations during bad weather and storms, including assessing the risks and taking action to protect workers.
Health and safety risks for people working outdoors
Ways of reducing the chance of accidents to employees who work outside, both on your premises and elsewhere by spotting and reducing health and safety risks.
Support people affected by traumatic events
What you can do to support and accommodate colleagues and employees after a traumatic event such as a natural disaster or serious accident.
Manage your own stress
Identifying and tackling stress in yourself, including the common physical and emotional symptoms and tactics for coping with stress such as relaxation techniques.
Seven key ways to manage stress at work
Practical tips on how to effectively manage and reduce stress in your business to protect employee wellbeing and prevent productivity loss and sickness absence.
Types of PPE: helmets and headgear
Types of protective headgear for safety in the workplace, activities for which it may be required such as building work, and what to look for when purchasing.
Does your business need personal protective equipment?
Working out whether your business is affected by the Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations, including risk assessment and who should pay for it.
Buy the right personal protective equipment
Choosing protective kit that's suitable for the risks, workplace conditions and the wearer including the types of protective equipment you should provide.
Advantages of renting commercial property
The business benefits of renting property can range from better cashflow to having more flexibility if you need to relocate your business in the future.
Commercial property rental agreements
An overview of the types of property rental agreements available to businesses looking to rent premises.
Find commercial property to rent
Your options to find suitable business premises to rent including how to use a commercial agent to search for you.
Renting commercial property: practicalities
The costs, considerations and obligations of renting business property.
Should I rent or buy business property? (video)
Short video will help you decide whether renting or buying premises is best for your business needs.
Health and safety prosecutions
Reasons to warrant a prosecution that is in the public interest such as a death or repeated poor compliance and possible penalties such as a fine or imprisonment.
Be ready for a health and safety inspection: seven top tips
Top tips to ensure that your business is ready for a visit from the health and safety inspector at all times – including what records you must have to hand.
Welfare facilities at work
Your legal duty to provide welfare facilities for employees, such as toilets, drinking water and clothes storage.
Healthy and safe working environment
How to ensure that you provide a health working environment for your employees, including ventilation, lighting and space.