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Accounting requirements checklist
A checklist to help you work out your business' basic accounting needs before selecting an accounts package.
Key features of accounting packages
Understand the key features of accounting software, and how they could meet your business' specific needs and requirements.
Specialised requirements for your accounting package
Tailored accounts packages can include specialised features, such as VAT schemes, stock control and electronic payment features.
The arrangements section of your health and safety policy
What you should include in the arrangements section of your health and safety policy including information on hazards and risk assessment.
Implementing your health and safety policy
How to check your health and safety policy helps manage risks and prevents accidents through regular monitoring and consulting staff.
What should be in your health and safety policy?
The information you need to set out in your health and safety policy including the statement of general policy, responsibilities and arrangement sections.
The responsibilities section of your health and safety policy
Deciding who will carry out risk assessments, inspections and ensure health and safety – this could be you, an employee or someone external.
The statement of general health and safety policy
What you should include in your statement of intent in your written health and safety policy including who is responsible for health and safety duties.
Write a health and safety policy for your business
What you should include in your health and safety policy, why it is important to have one and how to implement it effectively.
Coronavirus: Workplace safety guidelines
Workplace guidelines and measures to help prevent the transmission of coronavirus.
Employers' health and safety responsibilities
The main health and safety practices that you must carry out in your business including staff training, a health and safety policy and risk assessment.
Business benefits of good health and safety
The benefits to your business of having good health and safety practices including protecting your staff injuries and illness and reducing absences.
Assess the risks of working at height
Identifying common causes of falls in your business and their likelihood such as falls from ladders, scaffolding, roofs, gangways, catwalks and vehicles.
Meeting our legal requirements for health and safety (video)
Learn how other start-up businesses met health and safety legislation such as a risk assessment including home businesses, offices and construction sites.
Meeting health and safety requirements (video)
Find out your duty of care to health and safety in your workspace with this short video summary of the rules and requirements you must follow and best practice.
Health and safety basics for business
How to meet your business' basic health and safety responsibilities to protect your employees, customers and visitors and what the benefits are to you.
Work safely at height or in a confined space
Complying with rules to reduce the risks of falls from height and of working in a confined enclosed space to protect yourself and your employees from injury.
Health and safety risk assessment for agency workers
Employers and agencies must include agency workers in risk assessments and both have certain responsibilities for carrying these risk assessments out.
Provide agency workers with personal protective equipment
Equipment and procedures for protecting agency workers' health and safety including types of protective equipment and who is responsible for providing it.
Agency workers and health and safety information and training
Communication and instruction is essential for agency workers' health and safety, it is vital workers have the right training to safely carry out their jobs.