02-07-2020, 12:39 PM
Health and safety is one of those luxuries not universally enjoyed around the world, even today - we might have it here but on the other hand the UK scarcely manufactures anything any more. When people buy cheap imported goods from overseas they tend not to stop and ask why they are so cheap. In the course of my career I've audited plants in Eastern Europe and Russia, seen a few in Asia too, which don't look a great deal different from this month's splendid picture. I remember one where they were at pains to explain to me the number of improvements they had made since the last audit - the previous team had peeped inside the doors and refused to enter the building...