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24/01/2005
HSE urges UK businesses to ignore bogus mailshots
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued a warning to businesses across Britain to ignore all correspondence from a firm calling itself the 'Health and Safety Registration Enforcement Division'.
The HSE has received complaints from several businesses who were sent requests from the 'Health and Safety Registration Division' for payment in order to achieve compliance with the law.
The correspondence has so far been received in Kent, Staffordshire, Cambridge, Bedfordshire, Nottinghamshire, Yorkshire, Lancashire, Durham, West Midlands, Northamptonshire, Surrey and Sussex.
The letters have been sent from a Bradford address and they quote £199 for registration if "compliant" or £249 if "non-compliant".
Justin McCracken, HSE's Deputy Directory General (Operations), said that the HSE would never write to firms seeking advance payment for their service and emphasised that many of their services were free of charge. He said: "The Health and Safety Registration Enforcement Division is not connected to HSE and is not an official body. Businesses should ignore any approach from this firm and any similar offers."
Anyone who receives any correspondence from the Health and Safety Registration Enforcement Division should contact their local HSE office. The hotline number is: 08701 545500.
HSE provides guidance through their web-site at: www.hse.gov.uk.
(KMcA/SP)
The HSE has received complaints from several businesses who were sent requests from the 'Health and Safety Registration Division' for payment in order to achieve compliance with the law.
The correspondence has so far been received in Kent, Staffordshire, Cambridge, Bedfordshire, Nottinghamshire, Yorkshire, Lancashire, Durham, West Midlands, Northamptonshire, Surrey and Sussex.
The letters have been sent from a Bradford address and they quote £199 for registration if "compliant" or £249 if "non-compliant".
Justin McCracken, HSE's Deputy Directory General (Operations), said that the HSE would never write to firms seeking advance payment for their service and emphasised that many of their services were free of charge. He said: "The Health and Safety Registration Enforcement Division is not connected to HSE and is not an official body. Businesses should ignore any approach from this firm and any similar offers."
Anyone who receives any correspondence from the Health and Safety Registration Enforcement Division should contact their local HSE office. The hotline number is: 08701 545500.
HSE provides guidance through their web-site at: www.hse.gov.uk.
(KMcA/SP)
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