Key word. There's your answer!
I feel for you - shame there are so many people around who look for reasons why something can't happen, rather than how to make it happen.
It's soooooo frustrating as we've already done a load of work at the hotel before they changed their H&S procedures.
Two of my contractors have said that they can't meet their new regulations and have respectfully passed on the work!
And trust me, these guys will do any job large or small for a few quid. They have said it's just not worth the aggravation or the cost. They can spend their time and money on other (normally) less profitable jobs, which are easier to carry out.
One company has advised me that their insurance premium increase will cost £1000. And to meet the H&S regs it will cost them another £3000.
Their profit on the job was £5000. It's not worth their time for £1,000 profit. They'll probably lose money after they've paid their contractors.
And the worst thing is, the hotel although mid-sized is very famous so I think they are playing on it.
