Could Health & Safety Be Getting Sensible?

Tuesday, 23. November 2010

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Our Government said that they would review some of our health and safety regulations with a view to reduce the ridiculous levels that some regulations have reached making it difficult for companies to function properly. After releasing his report Common Sense, Common Safety, Lord Young has been criticised for ignoring some of the improvements in conditions that health and safety regulations have introduced into the workplace. Whilst it was Lord Young’s intention to reduce bureaucracy Read more »

Graham Hill Car Finance Expert Explains HSBC Pulls Out Of Contract Hire

Wednesday, 17. March 2010

Yet another funder pulled out of the market last month. HSBC has been a bit of a mystery because whilst they appeared to have a fleet of 33,000 vehicles out on contract the contracts weren’t with them at all. The scheme known as undisclosed agency meant that whilst the documentation showed the name of HSBC the agreements were actually underwritten by Lex Autolease. This ‘outsourcing’ started in 2005 Read more »