When your team know they are looked after, they look after your business. We help small and medium-sized businesses put safety arrangements in place that work at every level, from the boardroom to the shop floor.
If 200 or more people could be on your premises at the same time, or 800 or more at an event you run, the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025 applies to you once its duties commence. Find out where you stand in about three minutes, then take away our free guides and procedure builder.
We start from a simple place: we want to do well by the people in your organisation. That is the basis for everything SafetyUnit does.
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 its most effective risk management tool.
Safety is led from the top, and 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 built around how you actually operate, sized for a business without a dedicated safety function.
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 needs visible leadership commitment and real engagement from every person in the organisation. Both have to be present for a safety system to work.
Good safety management is fit for purpose and proportionate to the size and risk profile of the business. We design systems 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, each service can stand alone or form part of a wider arrangement. Every service has a one-page factsheet you can read or print.
Ongoing or project-based support covering policy development, risk assessments, safety management systems and regulatory compliance. Designed around how your business actually works.
Every employer must appoint a competent person under Regulation 7 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999. We provide that appointment formally, giving you compliance and a real point of expertise to call on.
Independent, thorough investigation of workplace accidents, incidents and near misses. We identify root causes and give clear recommendations to prevent recurrence, working with organisations, insurers and legal teams.
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.
Risk assessments and method statements for our clients are produced through our own RA Builder and RAMS Generator, so documents are consistent, quick to update and written in plain language. The same approach runs through SURIS, our compliance platform.
The Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025, known as Martyn's Law, brings new duties for premises where 200 or more people may be present at the same time, and for events where 800 or more may attend. The Act became law in April 2025. Its duties are expected to come into force in spring 2027, with the Security Industry Authority as regulator. The time to prepare is now, while there is room to do it calmly.
Answer around ten short questions about your premises or events. You get a personalised summary showing your likely tier and your next steps, together with our free guides and procedure builder.
Your year at a glance14-page guide, what to do and when
Preparing your people8-page guide for whoever introduces the procedures
Your written proceduresFrom the free procedure builder
Role cardsOne card per staff role
Team talksFour ten-minute talks with check questions
Year plannerMonth by month, only the tasks that apply
Once your procedures are written, a consultant checks them against your premises and the Act and tells you what to change. One fixed price, agreed before we start.
A structured assessment of your premises or event against the Act using our own assessment framework, with a prioritised action plan your own people can carry out.
Where 800 or more people may be present, public protection measures and a compliance document are needed. We help you judge what is reasonably practicable and prepare the document.
Practical Martyn's Law sessions for council officers, licensing teams, safety advisory groups and venue operators, from a short briefing to a half-day session.
We have built dedicated safety libraries and sector-specific expertise across a wide range of industries. Some examples are shown below, each with a factsheet. Further sectors sit in the library.
SafetyUnit has a long association with the licensed trade, public safety and security work. That experience runs through SURIS Events, our dedicated platform for event safety planning and operations. With Martyn's Law bringing new duties for larger events and the venues that host them, that experience matters more than ever.
SURIS, short for SafetyUnit Risk and Information System, is our compliance platform for small and medium-sized businesses without a dedicated safety function. Staff report incidents through a guided wizard, and managers take each one through to close.
A QR code, NFC tag or single click takes your team straight to the risk assessment they need, wherever they are working.
Sector-specific documentation and policies, kept current and searchable in seconds.
A snapshot of safety status across the business, so directors, managers and SafetyUnit can act quickly.
Specialist tools built for your industry, added as you need them.
SafetyUnit is a trading name of Ross Macdonald Consultancy Ltd. Ross is the founder and a director of the consultancy, a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute, a Fellow of the International Institute of Risk and Safety Management and an OSHCR registered consultant.
His background covers senior UK Government work in explosives safety and security governance, over twenty years in security operations, and safety consultancy across the public, private and third sectors. He holds the COBRA Crisis Management Excellence Programme credential, and outside consultancy work he serves as an Officer in Charge with HM Coastguard for the Dunoon Coastguard Rescue Team in Argyll.
SafetyUnit is supported by a trusted network of specialists, so the right expertise is brought in where a piece of work needs it.
Every business deserves the same quality of safety expertise, whatever its size. That level of expertise has traditionally been available only to large organisations with dedicated safety teams. SafetyUnit changes that.
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SafetyUnit handles the day-to-day safety work: competent person cover, compliance support, investigations and the sector libraries. The wider consultancy at Ross Macdonald Consultancy works with leadership teams on governance, management systems and resilience.
Where a client needs both, the two sit under one scope and one point of accountability.
Whether you need a competent person, compliance support, a specialist investigation, help with Martyn's Law, or simply want to talk through your requirements, we are happy to have a no-obligation conversation.
