Paul Smoker Roofing has enhanced its reputation as a full-range roofing services provider by passing its SafeContractor audit and demonstrating health and safety excellence.
“We found out shortly before lockdown that we had passed our SafeContractor audit and are so proud to have gotten over the line and achieved the accreditation,” said Danielle Smoker, managing director at Paul Smoker Roofing.
“Announcing that our health and safety compliance has passed SafeContractor’s rigorous audit standards is an important step in our journey to improving the image and public perception of roofing contractors.”
Danielle continued: “Achieving SafeContractor accreditation enables us to demonstrate a uniform standard of health and safety compliance across our business. This enhances our ability to win new contracts with clients who want to work with contractors who are compliant with legislation and committed to achieving and maintaining health and safety best practice.”
SafeContractor, verifies an organisation’s health and safety compliance and connects contractors to leading organisations through an online portal. It showcases their profile to hundreds of companies that work with its 33,000 SafeContractor members, and saves time and money when bidding on new tenders, giving them the peace of mind that their health and safety practices are complaint with the law.
Gemma Archibald, managing director of Alcumus SafeContractor, said: “No-one goes to work to get injured. 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.
“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. During the current economic impact of COVID-19, its more important than ever that contractors enhance their reputation and win work by continuing to demonstrate their commitment to delivering the highest standards of health and safety compliance.”
Paul Smoker Roofing safely returns to work
Commenting on the current climate surrounding COVID-19, Paul Smoker, managing director of the roofing company, said: “We closed the firm and furloughed all of our employees when the government initiated the lockdown in March, and all jobs booked in and all jobs in progress were put on hold until further notice. Thankfully all of our customers were incredibly understanding throughout this unprecedented time. We safely returned to work in May with new procedures, policies and risk assessments in place.”
Supporting your business to safely return to work
Dale Jones, head of technical development at SafeContractor, breaks down what the COVID-19 Secure Guidelines mean to individual businesses.
For businesses requiring free support and resources to ensure they are ready to safely return to work, Alcumus PSM has created a free COVID-19 Return to Work Guidance pack, which includes free COVID-19 health and safety documents and free downloadable COSHH risk assessments from Alcumus Sypol.
