Safety & Consultancy

"What do I need to do to comply with the requirements of legislation?"

"Can I install a new gas appliance in my kitchen?"

"What does Interlock mean?"

"What is a PAT test?"

There are so many interwoven pieces of guidance, legislations, regulations and advice that surround us nowadays from the installation of grease dispersal systems, the cleaning of catering extraction systems to the interlocking of gas supplies with any ventilation system. It is very hard to know what to do for the safest results.

"Do I need to rectify all my 'issues' now?"

"Am I operating unsafely?"

We can help clear the minefield for you... from our consultancy "sister company" called Catersafe, we can provide guidance, advice, compliance reports, and much more. Through our catering service contracts, many issues will be clarified at reporting stage and we can sit down with you and talk you through the mire of paperwork as it applies to you.

We sit on the Health & Safety in Catering Hospitality Liaison Committee, in London in order to represent both the reality of commercial catering to the "powers that be" and also the guidance advice and interpretation of the same to the operators of industry. We are here to help.

Regulation 35 of Gas Safety Regulations requires employers to ensure that gas appliances, flues, pipe work and safety devices are maintained in a safe condition. They should be inspected by a competent person in accordance with current industry practice.

Periods between inspections may vary depending on the equipment and its use and should follow manufacturer's recommendations, but as general rule annual inspections will be a reasonable minimum frequency.

Please click here to view HSE catering information sheet 23

Not complying with this is putting you, your staff, and the public at risk.