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In Renfrewshire, business premises are inspected to make sure that they are safe for employees to work in and for the public to visit. The inspection work is split between two agencies: the council's Environmental Services Health Officers inspect Renfrewshire's offices, shops and warehouses, and the Health and Safety Executive inspect premises such as factories and building sites.

Offices, shops and warehouses

Environmental Service's health and safety team inspection brief covers approximately 2,300 commercial premises within Renfrewshire. These premises provide work for approximately 10,000 people.

Their programme of work includes:

• carrying out health and safety inspections of workplaces to make sure that businesses comply with health and safety law;
• giving advice on asbestos for homes and businesses;
• investigating notified cases of work related accidents, diseases and dangerous occurrences;
• investigating workplace complaints and incidents;
• responsible for health and safety enforcement in certain types of premises
• training, providing information and promotional work to raise awareness on a wide range of health and safety topics; and
• providing advice and guidance on health, safety and employment law matters to stakeholders, including employers, employees, the self-employed and members of the public;
• developing relationships with other organisations with an interest in health and safety.

Information booklets on various subjects can be downloaded from the Health and Safety Executive website. Where you can also view worked examples of risk assessments for a variety of businesses.

Contact information:

• email:b-serv.es@renfrewshire.gov.uk
• phone: 0141 840 3106
• write to us at:
  
  Renfrewshire Council
  Environmental Services
  Business Regulation
  Renfrewshire House
  Cotton Street
  Paisley
  PA1 1BR