The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has agreed partnerships with a host of organisations to help local businesses improve risk management in the workplace.

Known as the Estates Excellence project, firms in the south-east will be given advice and training to help improve their health and safety records.

Slough Borough Council, Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service, the Federation of Small Businesses and a number of other organisations have signed up to the initiative.

Visiting staff will call on small businesses on industrial estates in and around Slough to tell managers and staff how to 'get it right, get efficient and get fit for work'.

Heather Bryant, project director for the HSE, said: "There has been a great response from businesses to this work in other regions, and we aim to help many local Slough businesses in the coming weeks."

The initiative will sit alongside the 'do your bit' campaign, which was recently launched by the HSE to encourage public liability insurance holders to get their staff involved in health and safety drives.ADNFCR-2022-ID-19693233-ADNFCR