| The Management of Health and Safety at Work | | | | order of the day. |
| Regulations 1999 state, that every employer and | | | | GSB Signs Ltd with 14 years experience of supplying |
| self-employed person has a legal obligation to regularly | | | | a leading range of safety signs can help the consumer |
| carry out a risk assessment relating to the health and | | | | choose the correct signage for their business. A |
| safety of their employees, and if the risks cannot be | | | | ‘one stop’ health and safety signage provider, |
| eliminated, then a safety sign must be used to warn | | | | their top priorities are customer satisfaction. |
| staff, and visitors alike of the hazard on your premises. | | | | The online catalogue includes hundreds of safety signs |
| Health and safety laws apply to all businesses, how | | | | and products, however if the customer has a bespoke |
| ever small, and are enforced by inspectors from the | | | | requirement the company is only too happy to help |
| Health and Safety Executive (HSE) or your local | | | | whatever the request. |
| authority. Usually it is the Health and Safety | | | | It is the responsibility of the consumer to maintain their |
| Executive that will inspect factories, building sites, etc. | | | | signage in terms of breakages etc. GSB Signs have |
| and the local authority small venues such as offices, | | | | taken a step forward and listened to their customers |
| shops, hotels, and leisure activities. | | | | feedback, and now make their signs thicker than the |
| These inspections must be carried out to make sure | | | | industry standard, thus making the signs stronger and |
| that rules are being adhered to by all businesses that | | | | ‘fit for purpose’. |
| employ staff, this will include self employed personnel. | | | | This action has made a vast difference to their |
| Specific signage must be provided by employers | | | | customers, in terms of replacing broken signs, and has |
| under the health and safety regulations, wherever a | | | | taken them head and shoulders above their |
| risk exists, and any company employing one or more | | | | competitors, making them a company with the right |
| staff members must display a Health and safety law | | | | work ethic to handle all health and safety signage |
| poster. | | | | through the UK. |
| If you are already in business, then it would be prudent | | | | For further information visit: |
| to check all your safety signage to make sure it is | | | | Editor’s note: GSB Signs is represented by online |
| current and legal, if you are new to business then the | | | | advertising consultancy, Media Solutions Marketing. |
| advice of professional signage providers would be the | | | | |