SCDI invites you to attend one of a series of five free business seminars that it is organising with the Partnership on Health and Safety in Scotland (PHASS). The events are supported by the Scottish Government.
The key aims of the series are to help you:
DATES IN THE SERIES
A series of five events will take place as detailed below. The events are primarily targeted at SMEs. For further information and/or to book a place please email the relevant contact. Please feel free to pass this information to any colleagues and/or suppliers who may benefit from participating.
Friday 25 April 2008, 12.00pm
Venue: Kingsmills Hotel, Culcabock Road, Inverness IV2 3LP
Contact: lesley.rhind@scdi.org.uk
Tuesday 29 April 2008, 12.00pm
Venue: Hilton Aberdeen Treetops Hotel, 161 Springfield Road, Aberdeen, AB15 7AQ
Contact: ian.armstrong@scdi.org.uk
Tuesday 6 May 2008, 12.00pm
Venue: Dundee Hilton, Earl Grey Place, Dundee, DD1 4DE
Contact: claire.miller@scdi.org.uk
Thursday 8 May 2008, 12.00pm
Venue: The George Hotel, 19-21 George Street, Edinburgh, EH2 2PB
Contact: claire.miller@scdi.org.uk
Friday 16 May 2008, 12.00pm
Venue: Hilton GLS Grosvenor Hotel, Great Western Road, Glasgow, G12 0TA
Contact: claire.miller@scdi.org.uk
Support from Jim Mather MSP, Minister for Enterprise, Energy and Tourism:
"Improving Scotland’s workplace health and safety performance is important to the Scottish Government for the better health, safety and well-being of our people and the success of our economy; and our strategies to create a healthier Scotland and a wealthier Scotland are intertwined.
The evidence that sensible health and safety management makes a positive contribution to business performance is generally accepted but much less so amongst smaller businesses. This perception needs to change if we are to reduce injury and ill health and realise the potential of good jobs and good workplaces to improve the health of our nation. Sometimes myths and silly stories get in the way. For example, health and safety law has not banned the use of stepladders, nor does it require children to wear goggles to play conkers, nor businesses to produce volumes of paperwork.
But smaller businesses need help and understanding to fulfil their health and safety responsibilities. You do not need to be a lawyer: straightforward advice and practical tools are available at a series of events being organised by the Scottish Council for Development and Industry together with the Partnership on Health and Safety in Scotland. I would urge you to register. It’s free and you will hear presentations - not from Government or regulators but - from other people like you in organisations and businesses who have developed approaches that they are keen to share.
You may want to sign up for further free advice too. The events will put you in touch with organisations who can offer support on getting your health and safety management right alongside other aspects of your business. Your current and future employees will thank you and so will your bank manager."