Managing Health & Safety
Operating in a safe manner, with due consideration to the health, safety and welfare of all employees and others who may be affected by the Group’s work activities, is vital to the success of the business and is something to which the Group is fully committed.
Overall responsibility for health and safety strategy rests with the Board of Directors. Barry Dunn, the Company’s Property Director has overall control of health and safety.
JJB is now able to provide health and safety training at all levels via its Training academy utilising outside specialists whenever the need dictates. All training is supported by videos, intranet and hard copies. Two members of the JJB health and safety team have recently completed the National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health (NEBOSH), highlighting JJB’s commitment to health and safety.
Distribution centre managers have undertaken ‘Managing Safely’ courses organised by the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, in order to ensure the competence of those managers in contributing to the overall safety of the Distribution centre environment.