Health & Safety on the hop

Anyone who has worked with public bodies in recent years will have ended up tearing their hair out with all the rules and regulations, disclaimers, guidelines, policies, paperwork and ludicrous administration.

Worst of all is the Health & Safety industry, doubtless well intended, but causing grief to all that come in contact with its risk assessments, safety inspections and attempts to anticipate every risk known, or even unknown, to man.

So it's good to report that one business is fighting back. Told that its Frog needlework kit could not be sold without packaging and a variety of Health & Safety warnings, Abacus Designs at Audlem Mill has just designed a new pack with an appropriate set of rules.

Click on the bottom photo to enlarge the copy. It's almost worth buying a Frog Kit for the warnings alone. Is Audlem Mill where the fight back against petty bureaucracy has started?

The Frog Kit is now on sale at Audlem Mill – but, whatever you do, be careful!

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