Legal, employment and compliance

Legal benefits scheme

This essential business lifeline is available (free of charge) to retailer members with no more than 250 employees, helping to protect members from expensive legal costs.

• Representation at employment tribunals
• Defence of health & safety prosecutions
• Representation for in-depth tax investigations
• Representation for VAT disputes
• Pursuit or defence of data protection disputes
• Personal tax cover for directors and proprietors

NB. The scheme is only available to new BAGMA retailer members who join from 1st January 2010.

Business advice

Members have access to information and advice from experienced and qualified personnel who offer guidance through the maze of legal, employment, health & safety and tax issues that currently affect their businesses. There are over 100 business information fact sheets available free of charge for members.

Asbestos Consultancy

Members have access to the services of ENV Surveys Ltd (ENV) who specialise in providing consultancy and comprehensive independent asbestos surveys in accordance with the HSE guidelines, MDHS 100. The service helps members meet their potential compliance obligations. ENV holds full Public Liability and Professional Indemnity Insurance.

Employment services

The one stop shop for all employment law compliance issues, whatever the time or day of the week.

Provides members with invaluable assistance in this increasingly litigious, bureaucratic and information laden business environment.

Developed by our legal benefits scheme partner, this facility provides up-to-date guidance to ensure your company conforms to legal requirements.

Stop wondering where to find a model contract, warning letter or policy documents - it’s already here and it’s FREE.

CybHR online HR facility

Members also get FREE access to CybHR, a complete online information and employment law management service which has been developed by our Legal Benefits Scheme partner.

As well as providing up-to-date guidance to ensure your company conforms to legal requirements, CybHR also provides an employee management system. This allows you to securely store employee information, policy statements and all the details about what has been issued to whom in one place. Members also now have separate access to our online Health & Safety support service. 

Fire Safety

We have set up preferential arrangements in partnership with Cubb Fire, the UK’s largest manufacturer of fire extinguishers. Members have access to an extinguisher annual maintenance service together with a range of associated equipment at discounted rates.

Members also have access to an online Risk Assessment service or a consultancy services for those who require experienced fire service personnel assistance.