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Good practice identified: Advice to Business
Framework Agreement, Chapter 2 'The Standard', section 10 'Advice to Business'
Area of good practice Local authority Contact Telephone number E-mail address
The 'Bolton project' – a research project aimed at assisting local ethnic food catering premises. Useful information arising from project findings.Bolton Metropolitan Borough CouncilJulia Hall01204 336562julia.hall@bolton.gov.uk
The effective use of publicity, such as the results from food sampling surveys being included in a newsletter sent to food businesses in the authority's areaBrighton and Hove City CouncilJohn Peerless01273 292486john.peerless@brighton-hove.gov.uk
Leicestershire County CouncilColin Hoskins0116 2657576choskins@leics.gov.uk
Reigate and Banstead Borough CouncilPamela Howard01737 276419pamela.howard@reigate-banstead.gov.uk
The provision of information leaflets for food businesses explaining the implications of unsatisfactory sampling resultsLondon Borough of BrentElizabeth Georgeou020 89375252elizabeth.georgeou@brent.gov.uk
Walsall Metropolitan Borough CouncilSteve Leonard01922 652215leonards@walsall.gov.uk
Public Information Leaflets on High Risk FoodsCrawley District CouncilIain Pocknell01293 507447iain.pocknell@crawley.gov.uk
Imported food - Information Sheets for (imported food) BusinessesLondon Borough of HillingdonShabeg Nagra01895 250190snagra@hillingdon.gov.uk
A separate, dedicated Regulation, Advice and Projects (RAP) Team provided specialist in-depth advice particularly on HACCP. The RAP Team co-ordinated the Kirklees Local Business Partnership on behalf of the Council. Partnership work included regular meetings with business, annual seminar, start up courses, a newsletter, food hygiene courses and an award scheme.Kirklees Metropolitan CouncilRachel Wetherill01484 416701rachel.wetherill@kirklees.gov.uk
Pro-active advice to business was provided on feeding stuffs including information letters, a newsletter, customer satisfaction surveys and seminarsNorfolk County CouncilSophie Leney01603 224275sophie.leney@norfolk.gov.uk
A Community based project and community involvement officer role to develop regular contact with the community with the aim of identifying problems and training needs that could be addressed by the Consumer Protection Service.City of Stoke on Trent CouncilSuzanne Rhodes01782 232366suzanne.rhodes@stoke.gov.uk
Development and implementation of a Food And Health Strategy, which included a number of business advice projectsWarrington Borough CouncilPeter Astley01925 442672pastley@warrington.gov.uk