Safety starts with caring about people. When your team know they are looked after, they look after your business. We help small and medium-sized enterprises build safety cultures that work at every level, from the boardroom to the shop floor.
We start from a simple place: we genuinely want to do well for the people in your organisation. That is not a marketing line. It is the foundation of everything we do.
When people feel looked after, they take ownership. They spot hazards, raise concerns, and look out for one another. A safety culture that runs through every level of a business is your most effective risk management tool.
Safety is led from the top, but it only succeeds when it is lived at every level. Our role is to help you build that, and to give you the systems, knowledge, and confidence to sustain it.
For small and medium-sized businesses, that means practical, proportionate support that fits the reality of how you operate, not frameworks designed for corporations with dedicated safety teams.
Every safety decision starts with the question: what is right for the people doing this work? Compliance follows naturally when that question is answered well.
Effective safety culture requires visible leadership commitment and genuine engagement from every person in the organisation. One without the other is not enough.
Good safety management is fit for purpose, not over-engineered. We design systems that your team will actually use, because unused systems protect nobody.
The legal standard exists for a reason. We help you meet it honestly, without unnecessary bureaucracy, and with clear evidence that you have done what is required.
Practical health and safety support, scaled to your size and sector. Whether you need day-to-day compliance support or specialist investigation work, we have the expertise to help.
Ongoing or project-based support covering policy development, risk assessments, safety management systems, and regulatory compliance. Designed around how your business actually works.
Every business needs a Competent Person under UK health and safety law. We provide that appointment formally, giving you legal compliance and a genuine point of expertise to call on.
Independent, thorough investigation of workplace accidents, incidents, and near misses. We identify root causes and provide clear recommendations to prevent recurrence. We work with organisations, insurers, and legal teams.
Straightforward compliance support built for smaller businesses. We help you understand what you need, put it in place proportionately, and give you confidence that your people are protected and your obligations are met.
We have built dedicated safety libraries and sector-specific expertise across a wide range of industries, with more being added to the portfolio. This means advice and documentation that reflects the real hazards and regulatory requirements of your specific business, not generic templates.
Site safety, CDM regulations, tool and equipment risks, working at height and more.
Licensing compliance, food safety interfaces, lone working, and customer-facing risk.
Manual handling, racking, COSHH, delivery operations, and public-facing environments.
Patient and service user safety, moving and handling, infection control frameworks.
Vessel safety, working near water, emergency procedures, and MCA considerations.
COSHH for chemicals, skin exposure, client safety, and salon-specific risk management.
Equipment safety, instructor liability, pool and water safety, and public risk assessment.
COSHH, lone working, contractor management, and multi-site compliance.
SIA compliance, conflict management, physical intervention, and duty of care frameworks.
Production safety plans, stunt and special effects risk, on-set welfare and Pact guidelines.
Machinery safety, HACCP interfaces, noise, dust, and production line risk management.
Integrated management systems, ISO alignment, data protection interfaces, and audit support.
SURIS (SafetyUnit Risk & Information System) is our proprietary compliance platform, purpose-built for small and medium-sized enterprises. It will give business owners, directors, partners, and managers a single, clear view of their safety obligations and the confidence to meet them.
Designed to make compliance simple, visible, and actionable for organisations without dedicated safety teams.
The Safety Unit is a specialist division of Ross Macdonald Consultancy, dedicated entirely to health and safety support for small and medium-sized businesses.
Behind The Safety Unit sits a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute, cross-qualified in both Safety and Security, with a career spanning Defence, Emergency Services, critical national infrastructure, and Government. That depth of experience is what informs the quality of every piece of advice and every sector library we produce.
We believe every business, regardless of size, deserves the same quality of safety expertise that was previously only available to large organisations.
Visit Ross Macdonald Consultancy ↗Whether you need a competent person, compliance support, a specialist investigation, or simply want to talk through your requirements, we are happy to have a no-obligation conversation.