Abraxas Catering Equipment are pleased to announce their health and safety systems have received accreditation from UK government-sponsored third-party committee, The Contractors Health and Safety Assessment Scheme (CHAS) .

Accreditation provides customers with the assurance that catering installations, designs, and repairs comply with regulatory health and safety standards in the United Kingdom.

Launched in 1997, CHAS elevates health and safety practices of contractors and consultants, and removes the need for duplicate applications by buyers and suppliers.

In addition to Abraxas' health and safety policy statement, the company's organisation for health and safety and specific health and safety arrangements will have been evaluated as part of the CHAS assessment process - and will continue to be assessed annually.

Commenting on the accreditation, Mike Nixon, Abraxas sales manager, said:

"We are very proud to have become a member of the CHAS scheme, as it demonstrate that we take health and safety very seriously to our customers.

"Besides completing all tasks to current health and safety standards, we have a responsibility to flag up anything we deem unsafe; and to challenge businesses about unsafe practices in an attempt to improve health and safety across the industry.

"With more than 900 public and private sector client organisations and 70,000 contractors registered on their database, CHAS works to develop new business opportunities, help safeguard company reputations and, above all, make working environments safer."

Please visit www.abraxascatering.co.uk for additional information.