lionheart that sounds brilliant , we have just undergone a complete overhaul of our safety policies , risk assesments and employment policies it was done by a firm called MENTOR they also provide the service of going to court with you and paying the costs if you have followed their advice, the main policies and employment hand books where written by them after a consultation but the risk assesments and methods of work had to be done by ourselves but with a lot of guidance and advice from one of their H and S guys who came and looked at a number of our sites and what our men where doing , on the H and S side they offer a 24 hour call out if a incident happens at one of the sites where their advice is needed.
This service doesnt come cheap we currently have around 19 employees some of these being part time and the cost of this service is over £400 a month which is apprximately £20 a month per employee , but the way things are going with employment law and H and S law plus the sue you culture we could not see an alternative but to put it in place .
It seems to be getting harder and harder to run a business legitimately and the government dont seem to be listening to small business concerns over this red tape cost.