Hi, Are small businesses being sent down a black hole of accreditations, registrations, policies and form filling? The company I work for Ede's UK Ltd is a commercial relocation company with many years of experience and are genuine in the desire to treat everyone equally and a keen interest in environmental issues.
I know that the Police already have too much 'paperwork' which no doubt can impact on them providing their core services.
Small business too, such as ours, also have become inundated with accreditations, standards, box ticking and greenwashing. Hardly a day goes by now without an invite, participation or new required policies, statements and memberships.
Ede's has always been a fair organisation and treats everyone equally and we have also been innovative and ahead
with our environmental solutions and services to our clients.
Because we are a small business, we do not have or cannot afford individuals specifically allocated to some of the
positions which are often asked of us to provide. The recent ones seem to be to have 'champions' of this that and the other.
Many of us now wear a variety of 'hats' . In my case, my role is development, which of late, I seem to have less and less time to dedicate to my core role.
I appreciate that there are well meaning folks out there but governmental and other large institutions must understand that
small businesses find it hard to keep up with this and it is becoming a financially burden.
