Retail Enforcement Pilot
The Retail Enforcement Pilot (REP) is helping to improve the delivery of regulatory enforcement services and reduce administrative burdens on business.
REP was a key part of the Better Regulation Executive’s programme to embed the Hampton strategy of better regulation. It provides a framework for better collaboration between local authorities and national regulators, and aims to:
- reduce inspections of compliant businesses
- make local authority regulatory services more efficient through joint local working
- give consumers and employees better protection by focusing resources on high-risk or non-compliant businesses.
The methodology was tested in around 45 local authorities during 2007/08. On 1 September 2008, REP was transferred to LBRO, and they are currently evaluating the project. Click here
How does REP work?
REP promotes joined-up working among regulators within:
- health and safety
- alcohol licensing
- trading standards
- environmental health
- fire safety.
By using mobile technology and sharing data, regulators can pass on the intelligence they generate in each area.
This information helps them assess how well different businesses manage risk. Regulators can then distinguish between well-run organisations and those most at risk, performing poorly or trading illegally – and so target efforts where they are needed the most.
What are the benefits?
The REP methodology helps regulators reduce routine visits to low risk and compliant businesses, whilst giving advice and support to those that need it – such as small and start-up businesses.
This saves resources and helps stop compliant businesses being inspected unnecessarily.
Find out more
If you’d like more information about REP, please contact one of the project team listed below:
Carol Brady (Project Director)
Phone: 0121 226 4027
Email: carol.brady@lbro.org.uk
Grahaeme Dodge (Project Manager)
Phone: 0121 226 4000
Email: grahaeme.dodge@lbro.org.uk
Or alternatively, check out the LBRO website