Pro Installer October 2013 - Issue 07 | Page 55

55 PRO INSTALLER OCTOBER 2013 PRO BUSINESS @proinstaller1 CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS This month sees the start of celebrations for manufacturing group Rocal, celebrating twenty successful years in business. Managing Director, Stephen Nadin, says “Twenty years is a major milestone, and this is a perfect opportunity to thank all of our customers, suppliers and staff for their continued support and loyalty”. Based in Brigg, North Lincolnshire and operating over a four acre site, Rocal has grown into one of the leading manufacturers of composite doors and UPVC panels. A small warehouse back in 1993 near the centre of Brigg was where it all began, manufacturing PVC panels. In 1995, Rocal was purchased by Jim Longley who developed the company and moved its premises to its current site to accommodate the company’s expansions into internal doors, foiling, extrusions, composite doors and most recently structural insulated panels for the holiday home market. Rocal has never been afraid to expand its portfolio of products and services and planning ahead, 2014 will see a busy year of new products designs, colours and styles for its Endurance solid core composite door range along with an accompanying website and brochure. Rocal SIP’s are soon to launch a range of garden rooms, specifically for the home improvement market. Contact Rocal: T: 01652 659259, [email protected], follow us on twitter. Form Filling For Companies Ditched Changes To Reporting Requirements Proposals to reduce burdensome company filing requirements for the UK’s 3.2 million companies, and improve the accuracy of the information supplied to government, have been announced by Business Minister Jo Swinson. Changes to the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR) 1995 clarify and simplify the reporting requirements, while ensuring that the data collected gives an accurate and useful picture of workplace incidents. In a consultation document, government aims to reduce the amount of information that companies need to file and the frequency that it is sent to Companies House. Under Company Law, companies are required to send in certain details ranging from basic information such as the address of the company, through to more detailed information on the ownership and financial position. A key proposal is the suggested removal of the requirement to complete a mandatory annual return, the basic details on a company, such as the business address, type, names of directors and information about shareholders and shares. Every company submits these and under the plans they could instead either digitally confirm each year that the information held by Companies House is simply correct or update it as and when it changes. This would cut the time and money that businesses spent filing these forms, especially benefiting small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) whose details generally remain the same but nevertheless have to file information each year. This could also help reduce the amount of fees companies pay to agents to help them file this information. ‘reduce the amount of fees companies pay to agents’ The document also asks whether the return could still be retained, but better aligned with the filing requirements for the annual accounts. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has formally implemented changes to simplify the mandatory reporting of workplace injuries for businesses. The change affects all employers, including the self-employed. The main changes are in the following areas: • The classification of ‘major injuries’ to workers replaced with a shorter list of ‘specified injuries’ • The existing schedule detailing 47 types of industrial disease replaced with eight categories of reportable work-related illness • Fewer types of ‘dangerous occurrence’ require reporting • Accidents to non-workers (members of the public) • Accidents resulting in a worker being unable to perform their normal range of duties for more than seven days • How an incident at work is reported and the criteria that determine whether an incident should be investigated remain the same. Commenting on the impact of the changes, Dave Charnock, HSE policy lead for the revisions to RIDDOR, explained: “Reporting under RIDDOR is a legal requirement for companies. The aim is to simplify and clarify reporting requirements, whilst ensuring that a useful supply of information is retained, to provide sufficient data for HSE and others to act in a risk-based manner, and to enable European and international obligations to be met.” There are no significant changes to the reporting requirements for: • Fatal accidents New web-based information and guidance is now available at: http://www.hse. gov.uk/riddor/index.htm