Law & Compliance

Be careful what you wish for!
Regulation as a Tax – Part 3
In the last couple of issues we have discussed the issue of regulation being used as a revenue earner and the fact that it will only ever affect the legitimate traders. This has brought a range of responses some of which we have published and some, the personal experiences of readers have formed threads in the articles. The one response that we have had that has been overwhelming though, has been the feeling that that regulation should have tangible benefits for those who comply. One of the ways that this could possibly be achieved is by a licensing scheme for tree-workers and, on the face of it, such a scheme has much to recommend it. But we should also be cautious as other schemes that operate in other not dissimilar industries have not always lived up to their expectations, in fact some have proved to be a disaster.
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Regulation as a tax Part 2
With more that half the population gaining its income from the state, these institutions and various bodies need to generate income in order to sustain their existence. Since obvious tax rises would be unpalatable, this is increasingly being achieved by expensive tightening up of regulatory avoidance or the constant updating of or imposition of changes to those existing regulations.
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HSE Arborist Awareness Day
The Health and Safety Executive together with the Arboricultural Association held a joint awareness day in Manchester on the 14th of March. The idea of the seminar was to underline the importance of compliance awareness when ‘engaging arboricultural contractors’.
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Bad Debtors – the scoundrels of the business world!
To the small business person cash flow is vital to the very survival of their business.
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Regulation as a Tax
For the past few years Arboriculture has been subjected to an almost never ending tide of regulation. Much of this has been regulation that applies to working practise across the UK in all industries, but has been tweaked to apply to Arboriculture, some would argue unfairly.
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Tree Protection – Time for Change
Alister Rankine considers how statutory protection has the potential to fail the UK’s vulnerable tree stock, and suggests it is time to push for a radical shake-up in the current system.
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