Who it is for
Large shops and retail
A large store holds more people than most venues do, has a kitchen or a counter, sells alcohol, runs lifts and escalators, and turns over staff constantly. Very little of that feels like "compliance" until somebody asks.
What usually applies
A starting point, not a determination. Which of these actually lands on your register depends on the building and how it is used, which is what the applicability questions are for.
Martyn's Law Fire safety Food hygiene Licensing LOLER and PUWER Health and safety First aid Electrical safety Waste duty of care
What tends to matter here
- Capacity puts a large store squarely in Martyn's Law, and a big one is enhanced-tier territory — a fact that surprises retailers who do not think of themselves as venues.
- Lifts and escalators are lifting equipment with statutory examination intervals of their own, per item rather than per store.
- Counters, bakeries and cafés bring the full food hygiene record set into a business whose main activity is not catering.
- High staff turnover makes training and induction records the hardest part, and the part an inspector can test by asking somebody on the floor.
- Across an estate, the RAG grid is stores against regimes — which store is behind, on what, without ringing round.