Health and safety professionals challenge 'EU red tape' report

摘要

Recommendations in a government-commissioned report, presented to the weekly Cabinet meeting last month, could hamper, rather than foster, growth. Highlighting the '30 worst threats to small firms', the business taskforce's 'EU red tape' report, presented on 15 October, blasts "problematic, poorly-understood and burdensome European rules" for slowing production, sales and innovation and leaving the EU trailing international rivals. The taskforce has called for small businesses in low-risk sectors to be exempt from keeping health and safety assessments, which it estimates could save businesses across the EU £2.7bn.