Small businesses balancing on red tape 'tightrope'; New FSB advice could threaten safety balance.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-30 June 2006-CRONER: Small businesses balancing on red tape 'tightrope'; New FSB advice could threaten safety balance(C)1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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Potentially misleading advice from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) intended to help reduce the red tape burden on small businesses could put them at greater financial risk, according to UK health & safety experts, Croner.

Mary Broughton, FSB National Health and Safety Chairman, stated that small employers already take sufficient care of their staff and that the Government needs to employ a lighter regulatory touch if the UK is to compete with the rest of the World.

But Croner says that small firms are already balancing on a red tape 'tightrope', often trying to keep legal compliance to a minimum and the, albeit well-intended FSB...

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