“Each month thousands of contractors and consultants (suppliers) apply for work with public and private sector organisations (buyers). To win work, they must meet the buyer’s health and safety standards.

Assessing suppliers health and safety competence is usually a lengthy and time consuming process. Suppliers can sometimes meet one buyer’s Health and Safety standards but not another. Being CHAS approved reduces duplication as suppliers compliance is accepted by all CHAS buyers.

CHAS assesses applicants:

Health and safety policy statement;
Their organisation for health and safety;
Their specific health and safety arrangements to a standard acceptable to our buyers and to others.”
- From the CHAS website

safecontractor is a leading third party accreditation scheme which recognises very high standards in health and safety management amongst UK contractors.

The company’s application for safecontractor accreditation was driven by the need for a uniform standard across the business.

safecontractor accreditation will 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 contracted services.

John Kinge, technical director of safecontractor said, “Major organisations simply cannot afford to run the risk of employing contractors who are not able to prove that they have sound health and safety policies in place.”

“More companies need to understand the importance of adopting good risk management in the way that Tapper Interiors has done. The firm’s high standard has set an example which hopefully will be followed by other companies within the sector.

 safecontractor plays a vital role in supporting our clients in meeting their compliance needs, whilst working with their contractors as they progress through the accreditation process.”

Under the safecontractor scheme, 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.

Client-organisations who sign up to the scheme can access the database, enabling them to vet potential contractors before they even set foot on site. These clients agree that, as users of the scheme, they will engage only those who have received accreditation.

Over one hundred and seventy 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.

Note to editors:

safecontractor is a third party accreditation scheme that assesses health and safety arrangements. Many major clients recognise the scheme and accept the safecontractor certificate as confirmation of competency.

For further information about the safecontractor scheme, contact:

Tammy Meredith
safecontractor
marketing@safecontractor.com
029 2026 6750

Prior to joining us, he worked for Morgan Sindall for 18.5 years as Commercial Manager, and Area Director for the last two years of his time there. Sectors that Gary has worked in include Education, Health, Mental Health, Industrial, Commercial and Public sectors, which compliments our existing portfolio extremely well.

Gary brings a wealth of main contractor experience to the business, which will prove invaluable in the future as we continue to expand our market offering.

His experience will substantially strengthen our “Turn key” package offering.

We are now well placed and equipped to deal with any type of construction work from minor maintenance items up to main contract projects of around £1m.

The Volkswagen dealership, which aims to be as environmentally friendly as possible, aims to maximise brand projection and contribute to the area’s regeneration, reinforcing Volkswagen’s position in the town and engaging animatedly with the public.

Read more about the project here and here.

Space is a luxury that we cannot afford to waste. A large, open plan building rarely makes efficient use of the space available. Using interior partitions to divide space, the number of available working areas are increased and the resulting space better managed.

As well as creating more useful space, partitions can be used to secure storage or create an attractive appearance, while providing screening, noise reduction and fire-and-impact resistance.

Tapper Interiors can provide and install a wide range of partitions to suit your needs, from industrial factories, warehouses and commercial offices, to recreational, institutional and residential buildings.

Styles range from cost-effective and fast-assembly options to meticulous high-quality and precision partitions; single, double or partly glazed, solid; relocatable or fixed locations; and cover a variety of acoustic and fire performance options.

Click here to discover different types of interior partitions to meet your needs.

Contact Tapper Interiors to talk through your interior partition needs

Solihull – the home of the Land Rover brand for over 60 years. The Land Rover Experience centre is located right at the heart of the facility and allows you to have a guided tour at the production facilities, and then explore the 15 acres that make the ultimate test track. During the tour, you’ll visit vital stages of the production process and discover how our world leading all-terrain technology is assembled and packaged into the vehicles.

Finally, get behind the wheel or experience an impressive demonstration with our expert instructors, included in our Silver and Gold tours. The Solihull demonstration areas have a wide variety of terrains. The Jungle Track is a nature refuge and the Adventure Zone is a collection of obstacles which are specifically designed to showcase the most extreme aspects of Land Rover capability. Experience a 45 degree downhill slope, articulations, side slopes, our Tipping bridge and more.

- Land Rover Experience Centre

From the The Car Project:

The Tower Garage, Egham bypass, Surrey is now Maranello Garage, for many years the importers of Ferrari into Britain. It was built in 1935 by the architects Rix & Rix, for Vauxhall dealers, the Egham Motor Co. A fine example of the inter-war modern style, listed Grade II, it has been extended at each end.

Work gets underway

The temporary showroom

The iconic Tower garage and showroom building

The protected 1930′s art deco windows

A close up of the original window frames at Maranello Ferrari Egham