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Legal implications of changing the legal structure of your business
The implications a change in business structure has for contracts, tax and Companies House registration details
Who to notify if you transfer your business to a new legal structure
An overview of the different groups and organisations that need to know about your new business entity
Why change your business structure?
Reasons for changing your business structure
Re-registration of a company
How to re-register your company with Companies House to change its legal status
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.
HMRC calculators and tools
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) calculators and tools to help you work out your tax
Support employees with mental ill health
How you can support those with mental ill health, including depression and stress-related conditions including being flexible and seeking expert advice.
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.
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.
Safe working temperatures
Reasonable temperatures for a working environment, when you should send staff home and how to manage extreme temperatures.
Workplace welfare facilities and healthy working environment
How to comply with employee welfare regulations in the workplace by providing facilities and maintaining a safe, healthy working environment.
Health and safety risk assessment
The key steps that all businesses should follow when carrying out a health and safety risk assessment to identify and mitigate hazards and comply with the law.