Top Safety Accreditation for Imagesound PLC
04/09/2009
Imagesound is one of the latest group of successful companies to join a leading edge scheme, designed to help industry improve its safety record.
The Chesterfield based firm recently received accreditation from
SAFEContractor, a programme which recognises very high standards of health and safety practise amongst UK contractors.
Employing 50 plus people, Imagesound Ltd is principally involved in the supply of
in-store music services to retail and leisure venues from sound system installations through to
music profiling.
Specialising in the Retail and Leisure industries,
Imagesound's clients include major players such as
Carphone Warehouse,
B&Q,
Next,
La Tasca,
Pizza Express and
O’Neills.
The company’s application for SAFEcontractor accreditation was driven by the need for a uniform standard across the business.
‘This accreditation is a positive step to continually improving on the services we provide for our clients and prospective clients and we are extremely proud of this achievement.’ commented Andy Lomax health and Safety officer at Imagesound.
SAFEcontractor accreditation is expected to enhance the company’s ability to attract new contracts and its commitment to safety will be viewed positively by its insurers when the company liability policy is up for renewal.
SAFEcontractor is applicable to most sectors although it is particularly relevant to food manufacture, property, facilities management, retail and leisure sectors, all of which are big users of contract services.
Darran Hughes; Operations Director of SAFEcontractor said, "Major organisations can no longer run the risk of employing contractors who are not able to prove that they have sound health and safety policies".
"More companies need to understand the importance of adopting good risk management in the way that Imagesound has done. The firms’ high standard has set an example, which hopefully will be followed by other companies within the sector".
Under the SAFEcontractor system, businesses undergo a vetting process, which examines health and safety procedures and their track record for safe practice.
Those companies meeting the high standard are included on a database, which is accessible to registered users only via a website,
www.safecontractor.com.Employer-organisations who sign up to the scheme can access the database, which enables them to vet potential contractors before they even set foot on site. These employers agree that, as users of the scheme, they will engage only those who have received accreditation.
Over one hundred and twenty major nation-wide businesses, from several key sectors, have signed up to use the scheme when selecting contractors for services such as building, cleaning, maintenance, refurbishment or electrical and mechanical work.
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