Good health and safety practices are integral both to employee welfare and to the success of the Group. Each Divisional Managing Director is responsible to the Board for health and safety in their division. We continually review our procedures and our training in order to develop and adopt methods of working which reduce the likelihood of accidents occurring. Both divisions operate in a time-critical environment with any delay increasing costs and causing disruption for ourselves and our customers.

Reports on health and safety performance are the first operating item at all meetings of the Group Board and at Divisional Operating Board meetings. They include injury statistics and trends as well as lessons learned, training performance, contacts with regulators and legislative changes. The Group’s health and safety policy statement, which is published on our website, focuses on establishing a suitable environment, providing proper training, communication and consultation with employees.