Dont Go Ignoring Risk Management
At Woodward Markwell we understand how time consuming it is to run your business, and how tempting it can be to put aside thoughts of how people can get hurt at work or how unforeseen financial losses can arise. However, we can tell you that ”ignore Risk Management at your Peril!”
Every year thousands of people suffer from accidents, develop industrial diseases or are involved in work related road accidents, all of which are likely to cost you a certain amount of your valuable income and time.
Recently, a firm has been fined over £14,000 by the HSE and ordered to pay costs of over £6,000 to a man who lost 3 fingers and a thumb in an incident involving a pressing machine. However, the costs do not end here for the business, moving forward they have to suffer the financial and resource loss to recruit and train a new employee, correct any errors and omissions to their procedure and instruction manuals and suffer a tarnished reputation and claims history.
Here at Woodward Markwell we are able to offer you a Risk Management and Insurance Policy review so that incidents like the one above can be minimised. We have very experienced staff who understand the risks involved in the day to day running of most businesses and can identify areas of concern. We can also access the knowledge of our suppliers who survey thousands of businesses each year and can give advice on where time and resources would be best allocated to Risk Management Activities. Lastly we can utilise a comprehensive library of help-sheets which gives simple advice dependant on your trade or risk.
Can you afford not to speak to us?
Contact David McGowan on 01473 408428 or mcgowand@wmibl.co.uk
We would like to thank and acknowledge Aviva Insurance for reference material for this article.
