Useful Contacts

Use the following links to access further information that can help support your business.

Growth Hubs are here to help business

Growth Hubs are a great place to get business support and advice, especially for smaller or start-up businesses and often they can help you navigate through both business and regulatory challenges. Click here to see a map that will help you navigate to your local growth hub that can help you with business advice, grants, local business events and support with regulation

Find your local authority

For many areas of regulation delivery is the responsibility of the local authority. If you are unsure which local authority is relevant to your business you can find that here

Local authority is generally the first contact point for the following service:

Planning – go to your local authority site and search for planning

Building Control – find your local authority building control department

Licensing – go to your local authority site and search for licensing

Food Safety – go to your local authority site and search for environmental health

Health and Safety – the relevant page on this website explains what aspects are national or locally managed – again if local  go to your local authority site and search for environmental health or health and safety

Waste – go to your local authority site and search for waste services

Pollution – go to your local authority site and search for environmental health or environmental protection

Nuisance – go to your local authority site and search for environmental health

Employment

ACAS (Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service) provides extensive advice and guidance for employment regulation

Fire Safety

Fire services deliver help and support fire safety. Use the following link to find the local contact for your business.

Fire Risk Assessments (get a quote)

Trading Standards

To find the relevant local trading standards body use this link