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AXA insurance is a leader in risk management, with many years' experience helping large and small businesses to identify and minimise risks to their operations from start up onwards.
Most business operations expose employees and the public to some risk of loss, damage or injury – from a large multinational to a micro SME. Business insurance can help protect small businesses, and AXA's specialist guides can provide day-to-day guidance for risk analysis and risk management. They provide guidance on how to reduce risks arising from equipment, substances and noise – which may result in lower business insurance costs at the same time.
To help you promote safety in your workplace and safeguard your business against claims and legal action, AXA has a wide range of practical tips available to you at the click of a button.
Electrical safety inspections for small businesses
Once an electrical appliance is connected to your system, you are legally responsible for ensuring it is safe. AXA's risk control guide will help you to understand these requirements, arrange inspections and do what's necessary to safeguard your business and your employees.
Guide to cleaning and housekeeping for small businesses
Good housekeeping to ensure health and safety regulations are complied with in the workplace is a legal requirement. AXA's guide will help small business owners put together a cleaning schedule, provide a basic checklist, identify the risks of using cleaning preparations, and more.
AXA's property valuation service for small businesses
Statistics show that under-insurance affects almost half of business properties in the UK*. Under-insurance can be a very expensive mistake. The way to establish the accurate insured value of your building is set out in this useful guide for small businesses.
*source: 49% of commercial buildings in the UK are under-insured based on Gleeds data up to 2009.
Hazardous substances
From industrial chemicals to simple cleaning materials, employees in many small businesses are exposed to harmful substances each day. AXA can guide you in understanding the risks involved and the controls and training you need to protect yourself, your employees and others from injury, or loss and damage to property.
Noise in the workplace
Understanding the regulations relating to noise in the workplace, its harmful effects and your legal obligations is vital for any small business. Guidance on protection and prevention is found in AXA's risk control guide – a handy introduction to this complex issue that's worth talking about.
Machinery guarding for small businesses
Small business owners are legally responsible for the safety of any employees using equipment provided by the business. AXA's guide to risk control and ensuring machinery is properly guarded can help you operate within European and British health and safety standards.
Personal protective equipment for small businesses
Do the employees in your small business require personal protective equipment? Or are you able to minimise the risks to ensure health and safety regulations are followed without the need for specialist and expensive equipment? With practical tips and help, AXA's guide shows you how.
Working at height in small businesses
Every situation where employees are working at height needs individual risk assessment – each has unique risks. AXA provides a high level guide to the health and safety hazards of working at height – and general risk management principles to avoid them.
The safe use of access equipment in small businesses
Working with ladders or scaffolding? From initial risk assessment to combating the threats to health and safety, this guide is a useful tool to help small business owners use access equipment safely in the workplace.
Asbestos at work
This guide highlights some of the ways in which small businesses can manage the risk posed by asbestos where it has been used in the construction of premises. This helps protect employees, tenants and anyone else who may be exposed to the effects of asbestos in the workplace.
Please note: All guides are to be used for reference only and the information they contain may not be suitable for all businesses.
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