Small Businesses Will Suffer with New Health and Safety Fees

 Concerns have been raised about a plan to charge businesses for breaches of Health and Safety Law. The initiative, Fees for Intervention (FFI), due to launch in April 2012, will go ahead despite an announced postponement by the Health and Safety Executive. The scheme has attracted much debate within the H&S industry over the concern that small businesses could suffer. May 2012 - The FFI Scheme announced last year by the Health and Safety Executive aims to recover the costs associated with dealing with Health and Safety breaches by charging the businesses