Download presentations and resources from our free Health and Safety Awareness Event on 2 October 2007.
The event was organised by the council's Environmental Health service for hotels, guest houses, B&Bs and residential care homes, offering:
Free programme of expert speakers
Free Business Advice Pack
Information stands from a wide range of agencies
Download Presentations and Advice Packs
The event proved very popular, with 53 local business people attending at the Hardwick Suite, International Lawn Tennis Centre, Devonshire Park.
You can download speakers' PowerPoint slide show presentations from the event in PDF format, including lift safety, fire safety and legionella awareness - go to the Presentations page in this section.
Our newly revised Business Advice Pack for Accommodation Providers was launched at the event and can also be downloaded online.
Whether or not you were able to attend the event, we hope you will find these free downloads useful. You can also try our Small Business Help section.
Information and Networking
In addition to the programme of speakers, there were 12 information stands from Environmental Health, other council departments, external agencies and specialist companies.
Delegates enjoyed a free buffet lunch and the opportunity to get advice from the experts and network with fellow local businesses.
There was a free £100 prize draw at the end of the event.
Everyone who had booked for the event online was entered, and five lucky winners got copies of the BBC cookery book Tony & Giorgio, worth £20.
Feedback and Evaluation
Everyone who filled in an Evaluation Form rated the event overall as either excellent or good. We will take your specific comments and suggestions for improvements into account when planning any future events.
Questions on the feedback form included how you would sum up the event in one sentence. These are a selection of your replies:
"very informative and beneficial to the running of my business"
- "Very useful, well done"
"a good use of my time"
"very well presented event"
"Good, informative"
- "Today's event was extremely informative, thank you"
"good all round information"
"Very informative, makes you think about dangers you were otherwise not aware of"
