FREE help is available for Huddersfield firms struggling to get to grips with regulations affecting their business.

The Red Tape Team - backed by the Aspley-based Mid Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce - aims to keep companies up to date with changes in legislation.

The team provides easy-to-read factsheets, a quarterly newsletter and a website with information on other business support.

The Red Tape team is funded by the regional development agency Yorkshire Forward.

It is backed by the region's nine chamber of commerce, covering Mid Yorkshire, Leeds, Bradford, Barnsley, Doncaster, Hull and Humber, Rotherham, Sheffield and York and North Yorkshire.

Other partners in the project include the Federation of Small Businesses, arbitration service ACAS and the Health and Safety Executive.

The team can be contacted on 0845 0500080 or at www.red-tape.org