‘Mr Compliance’ from PHS simplifies safety

August 2011 – Workplace safety expert, PHS Compliance, has launched ‘Mr Compliance’ to simplify and clarify the legislative safety demands for small to medium sized organisations.  The bright yellow character was recently introduced in person to an audience of industry experts at The Facilities Show, where he offered advice and guidance on safety standards for electricity, gas, fire, emergency lighting and water.

According to PHS Compliance, there is often confusion surrounding the demands placed on organisations by British Standards, legislative orders and other regulations. Sales director  Shaun Caddick explained, “We know that with a dynamic regulatory landscape, complying with all the relevant safety legislation can be challenging and daunting, not only in keeping a current working knowledge of all the elements, but also in interpreting what is required by the law and its instruments.  Inevitably some organisations fall short and leave themselves open to risk and serious danger.  To support SMEs to avoid exposure to such safety risk, Mr Compliance will translate all the complexity into straightforward advice, focusing on achieving and maintaining compliance, in a simple and cost effective manner.”

As an example of the rapid change in the regulations, earlier this month there was an amendment published for BS7671:2008 (2011), concerning updates to wiring regulations and electrical safety standards.  Mr Compliance was one of the first to assimilate the changes, according to PHS Compliance, with straightforward advice from him on this and many other safety subjects now available online. 

‘Keeping compliance simple’ is Mr Compliance’s claim and his approach is to take the complexity and burden from SMEs trying to juggle the demands of safety with business demands and achieve regulatory compliance with sometimes limited technical expertise.  The result is no less robust than that achieved by a major organisation, but with Mr Compliance’s guidance, PHS claims that any business can ensure safety and continuity of essential services without complication and unnecessary expense.  Questions can be posed to him direct, with his guidance provided without charge by PHS.  For a simple summary of relevant legislation he delivers a single page that captures the headlines at  www.phscompliance.co.uk/ask-mr-c

Summarising the purpose for Mr Compliance, Shaun Caddick said, “Our aim is always to lead a clear path through the legislation and regulations, towards helping organisations ultimately achieve complete compliance.  We have a highly specialised team to provide expert support to facilities professionals to fulfil their duty of care in the most appropriate manner and we are on hand to offer tailored support to meet the specific needs of SMEs – from compliance in electricity, to gas, emergency lighting, water and fire.”