Resources

Business information and advice

England: Business Link, www.businesslink.org Tel: 0845 600 9006

Scotland (Highlands and Islands): Highlands and Islands Enterprise, www.hiebusiness.co.uk

Scotland (Lowlands): Scottish Enterprise, www.scottish-enterprise.com Tel: 0845 607 8787

Northern Ireland: nibusinessinfo.co.uk (Northern Ireland’s business advice service), www.nibusinessinfo.co.uk, Tel: 0800 027 0639

Wales: Flexible Support for Business, www.business-support-wales.gov.uk
Tel: 03000 6 03000

Crime prevention

Home Office www.crimereduction.homeoffice.gov.uk/business/business22.htm

Health and safety information and advice

HSE Information Line: Tel: 0845 345 0055

The HSE publishes guidance on a range of workplace health-related issues. These can be accessed via the health and safety topics link on their homepage, www.hse.gov.uk. Here are some examples:

Stress: www.hse.gov.uk/stress
Sickness absence www.hse.gov.uk/sicknessabsence
Musculoskeletal disorders and back pain www.hse.gov.uk/msd/backpain
New and expectant mothers and young people at work www.hse.gov.uk/mothers
Young people at work www.hse.gov.uk/youngpeople
Noise at Work www.hse.gov.uk/noise
Drugs and alcohol www.hse.gov.uk/alcoholdrugs
Work related diseases (respiratory, skin, cancer) www.hse.gov.uk/drp
Asthma www.hse.gov.uk/asthma
Skin www.hse.gov.uk/skin
Hazardous substances www.hse.gov.uk/coshh
Hand–arm and whole body vibration www.hse.gov.uk/vibration
Construction health risks www.hse.gov.uk/construction/healthrisks

HSE Northern Ireland, www.hseni.gov.uk Tel: 0800 032 0121

The Health Protection Agency advises on public health, including infectious diseases, chemicals, poisons and radiation at www.hpa.org.uk

The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) publishes free technical guidance at www.iosh.co.uk/technical. IOSH also offers tools such as Safe Start Up, www.safestartup.org and the Occupational Health Toolkit, www.ohtoolkit.co.uk

The IOSH technical helpline offers free health and safety advice at Techinfo@iosh.co.uk, Tel: 0116 257 3199

IOSH links directory
IOSH has an alphabetical list of links on health and safety topics at
http://www.iosh.co.uk/information_and_resources/link_directory.aspx

European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
osha.europa.eu/en

World Health Organization – data and statistics
www.who.int/research/en