Catering group, CH&CO’s exceptional health and safety performance has been recognised and rewarded with a RoSPA Gold Medal Award.
This is the sixth consecutive year that the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) has awarded its highest accolade across the whole of the diverse independent hospitality and catering business which includes workplaces, education, healthcare, leisure, destinations, events and venues.
The RoSPA Health & Safety Awards scheme is one of the most globally respected and recognised accolades. It gives organisations the platform to confirm and showcase its ongoing expertise and commitment to excellence in health and safety standards, whilst benchmarking its performance and ensuring consistency year on year.
Allister Richards, COO, CH&CO, (pictured), said, “We’re very proud to have been awarded the RoSPA Gold Medal Award. To achieve RoSPA Gold for six consecutive years is testament to our ongoing commitment, expertise and comprehensive approach to health and safety across the CH&CO family.
“Throughout the pandemic our teams continued to adapt to the challenges we all faced as well as implementing the necessary requirements for new legislations including Natasha’s Law and Calorie Labelling.
'Our excellent culture of safety standards across all our sites and offices is achieved through a variety of training and communication tools and we’re delighted to have our practices and systems rubber stamped once again. Thank you to all of our teams across CH&CO who have played their part in keeping people safe and retaining this globally respected award.”
Julia Small, RoSPA’s Achievements Director, added, “This is a fantastic and well-deserved accomplishment. All our award entrants demonstrate their unwavering commitment and passion for keeping people safe at work.
“By receiving this recognition CH&CO join like-minded businesses and organisations worldwide, who represent the very best in their approach to Health and Safety.
'I would like to add my personal thanks for all the work that it has taken to secure this well-deserved award – congratulations to all those involved, who champion and drive up Health and Safety standards every day. You are a fantastic example to others in your sector.”