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This initiative was set up in 2004 to encourage local authorities to find new ways of reducing the regulatory burdens on law-abiding businesses, with resulting benefits for consumers and workers. Clusters of environmental health, fire safety, licensing and trading standards services cooperated to better coordinate inspection and enforcement activities and target resources on high risk companies.
After LBRO was made responsible for managing the pilot in September 2008, it captured the lessons learned in relation to four key themes:
This work culminated in the three reports below, which provide valuable intelligence helping councils to reduce business burdens, embed risk-based approaches and improve efficiency.
Produced by the Centre for Decision Analysis and Risk Management at Middlesex University, this draws on the experiences of the geographic clusters of local authorities that tested risk-based, collaborative approaches to the inspection of businesses during the retail enforcement pilot, highlighting the challenges, successes and lessons learned.
REP - Assessment of Methodology
Produced by the Centre for Regional Economic Development at the University of Cumbria, this reviews and assesses the methodology of the retail enforcement pilot in a business environment. It includes case studies that highlight the experiences of six companies varying in size, sector and geographical location.
REP - Summary of Business Experiences
This is LBRO's summary of the key themes of the Assessment of Methodology Report.