Shires Safety Consultants Limited

Your Safety is our Business .......competence and quality as standard!

At one time it was thought that a company could not commit an offence since an offence had to be carried out against the state. “Corporations have neither bodies to be punished, nor souls to be condemned, they therefore do as they like”. Such was the notion voiced by the 18th century Lord Chancellor, Lord Thurlow.

That notion has long since been buried and today we see a different landscape. The protection of workers, the public, visitors, contractors and others is a legal requirement firmly enshrined in the hundreds of pieces of legislation affecting work activities. The responsibility for compliance with the legislation lies with the employer or occupier.

There is no doubt that fines are increasing for even minor breaches of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 and supporting Regulations. In more severe cases when death has occurred as a result of work activities individuals have been sent to prison. It is true that some businesses never recover from crippling fines and adverse publicity.

As more and more organisations commit to Corporate Social Responsibility protection of your employees and visitors makes good business and economic sense.

SHIRES SAFETY CONSULTANTS offer almost the complete range of health, safety and environmental services and support to SMEs and Blue Chip Enterprises (BCEs) to help meet their legal obligations in a convenient and cost effective manner. If we cannot do it or have not got the specific key personnel to carry out your requirements we will tell you from the outset.

As Chartered Safety and Health practitioners we can help you with the following core requirements:

Our consultants are technically and academically qualified (by examination) to at least Diploma level in Health and Safety & Environmental Management. Moreover, each consultant is a Chartered Member of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (CMIOSH). We are also members of the International Institute of Risk and Safety Management (IIRSM), the Association for Project Safety (APS), the Health and Safety Lawyers Association (HSLA) and the Independent Safety Consultants Association (ISCA).

To consolidate our Chartered status we are obliged to maintain the new Continuous Professional Development (CPD) programme and are bound by the Institution's code of practice.

For your protection we carry full Professional Indemnity Insurance to £2million.