Company Health and Safety Policy

The Company is fully committed to meeting its responsibilities under the Health and Safety at Work, Etc. Act 1974, the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 (as amended), and associated protective legislation. To achieve those objectives it has appointed designated members of staff to be responsible for Company health and safety; to keep workplace health, safety and welfare procedures under constant review; to liase with the Health and Safety Executive wherever necessary; and to keep the Company and its Board of Directors abreast of new legislation, EU Directives, Regulations and British Standards, in order to ensure on-going compliance with the law.

The main responsibility for health and safety lies with the Managing Director and Board of Directors. The Company is bound by any acts and/or omissions of the Managing Director, any executive director or manager, giving rise to legal liability, provided only that such acts and/or omissions arise out of and in the course of Company business.

To comply with its statutory and common law duties, the Company has arranged insurance against liability for death, injury and/or disease suffered by any of its employees arising out of and in the course of employment, if caused by negligence and /or breach of statutory duty on the part of the Company.

Company employees agree, as part of their contract of employment, to comply with their individual duties under both the Health and Safety at Work Act and the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 (as amended) and will co-operate with the Employer to enable him to carry out his health and safety duties under the Act. Failure to comply with health and safety duties, regulations, work rules and procedures regarding health and safety, on the part of any employees, may lead to dismissal in the case of serious breaches or repeated breaches; such dismissal may be instant and without prior warning.

In accordance with the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995, the Company has instituted a system for reporting accidents and dangerous occurrences to the Health and Safety Executive, in addition to its statutory duty to provide an Accident Book. The Company will comply with its duties towards employees under the Health and Safety at Work Act and the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 (as amended), so far as is reasonably practicable, in order to:

In order to meet its obligations towards the general public and all lawful visitors to the Company's premises, the Company with pay strict attention to its duties under the Health and Safety at Work Act and the Occupiers' Liability Acts 1957 and 1984.

Simon R Smith
General Manager