Fire causes UK businesses £2m a day losses

Research carried out by Continental Research and sponsored by BT RedCARE shows that 36% of small UK businesses are unaware of their legal obligations to organise a workplace fire risk assessment, resulting in £2m daily fire related losses for businesses. Although 64% of the companies participating in the survey were aware of their risk assessment responsibilities, 30% admitted to not proceeding in carrying them out. Wholesale and property companies were the most aware however with all compani... (175 more words)

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