I have been asked by a friend, a general builder what he legally requires to go on to a new build. He is self employed and may be taking with him other self employed builders. What does he need from scratch?

He should be getting this information from the PC and/or the client and the HSE / EA etc can help If he is acting as the PC he should not be! And if he asks what a PC is then he needs to get competent advice! I appreciate that such a person is probably looking to keep his business afloat but if he employes an accountant, a solicitor etc [and he probably does] he can also get competent H&S advice If he is a 'sole trader' then taking with him other self employed staff [acting as their agent/gang master]? can create a quagmire of problems Not being too cynical but the amount of small builders that I know of who have new Range Rovers, accountant friends etc and large expensive houses but cry that they are skint when it comes to H&S is very large My advice is for him to employ a reg 7 person remembering that this is a tax deductable activity and that the law is slowly but surley getting adhered to properly by clients etc under CDM etc and in the future all contractors will have to have proper H&S systems in place