These include offices, shops, retail and wholesale distribution, hotel and catering establishments, petrol filling stations, residential care homes and the leisure industry.

Around 13 million people are employed at these premises that, by their nature, attract millions of members of the public through their doors every week. The diversity of work activities and the involvement of members of the public make LA enforcement activity even more challenging.

These pages explain what LAs and HSE are doing to tackle key issues as well as providing access to a range of major resources for enforcers in the Local Authority sector.