Back in the 1900’s before the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 was a mere twinkle in the eye of the HSE’s first Director General, John Locke (74) window cleaning, just as all other trades, took great risks. Residential window cleaning by large window cleaning companies were reserved mainly for the very rich and the commercial sector boomed. Around this time, as the population could buy more with their money, working class folk would begin…
For the UK leaving the EU, it will be neither brief or plain sailing. With the Prime Minister announcing she will trigger Article 50 in early 2017, at least now we see the starting pistol has been loaded. But how does this affect your business and your responsibilities to Health & Safety? Which regulations will survive and which will go? Will window cleaners be returning to ladders? Ermmmm…no. The UK will continue to meet its EU…