What You Need To Know About Fire Risk As An HMO Landlord
As a landlord, whether you own one buy-to-let, HMOs, or flats, you have several legal liabilities, especially where the safety of your tenants is concerned. This is particularly the case with fire safety, and in the case of an HMO, the regulations can be more complicated and more expensive to implement. The definition of an […]
Keep Compliant With The Law: Use UK-Fire Risk Assessments
Some of the rules and regulations that we have in the UK in the 21st century for employers can sometimes make you wonder if owning a business is all worthwhile! OK, perhaps we are not that serious, but there is a whole raft of legislation that refers to employers that have absolutely nothing to do […]
Running A Business Is Never Easy – Not Even A Small One
Running a business in the UK today is nowhere near as easy as it was 40 or 50 years ago. OK, running a business is never “easy” because there are all sorts of things that can go wrong, some of which are beyond your control as the owner. Take the 2008 recession for example or […]
Things To Consider Regarding Fire Safety As An HMO Landlord
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]If you are a landlord who lets out a House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) you have a duty to protect your tenants from the risk of fire as far as is practically possible. What this means is that the responsible person is required to carry out a building fire safety risk assessment and identify the […]
Fire Safety In Empty Buildings
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]As a result of Covid19, many businesses are only just returning to the office, and then only part of the time. So even if your business has the same number of employees as it did at the beginning of the pandemic, if half of them are still working at home for two or three days […]
Going Back To Work In The Office
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Covid19 has had a massive impact on the everyday working lives of very many people, with so many companies having their employees work from home for the past several months. However, it seems that the vaccines have managed to get things under reasonable control, although we haven’t got rid of the virus entirely and it […]
What You Need To Know About Fire Risk Assessments
[vc_row][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]If you are an employer or a building owner you have a lot of responsibilities which are governed by law – far many more than even just a few years ago, as health and safety has become at the forefront of everything that we do rather than something of an afterthought. There are several requirements […]
Things You Need To Consider Regarding Fire Safety In An HMO
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]If you are a landlord and let a property out to several tenants who are not members of the same family, it may very well be classed as a House in Multiple Occupation (HMO). If both of the following apply, it is an HMO: At least 3 tenants live there, forming more than one […]
As An Employer Or Building Owner You Must Be Compliant With Fire Laws
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]There is absolutely no doubt whatever that the risk of fire in non-domestic properties in England is serious. According to Home Office statistics, in the year ended September 2020, Fire and Rescue Services attended 539,255 incidents, of which 153,324 were fires. They resulted in 229 fatalities. The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 requires […]
Carrying Out A Fire Risk Assessment Can Be Complex
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]When you are an employer in the UK today, there are a considerable number of rules and regulations that you must follow that were not in place 30 or 40 years ago. For instance, when you employ someone, you need to be able to offer them a pension scheme to which both they and you […]