“The region’s petrochemical sector offers some great opportunities and this is a very niche market that we have been able to expand into. It is still within scaffolding and working at height, just with a more industry orientated focus rather than construction. The construction sector is slowly picking up in the Middle East after the global recession, and we are working hard to get our name recognised for when the bigger developments start again, as we suspect they will.”
Simian Risk was also the only UK firm to be invited to exhibit at the recent Middle East IOSH Conference, held at the prestigious Muscat Bank HQ in Oman. Simian Risk was one of four exhibitors at the conference, which was attended by 150 health and safety professionals and government representatives from across the Middle East.
Director Simon Hughes said: “We have been proactive members of IOSH Middle East for over a year and to be invited to exhibit at the Muscat Bank was a real coup for Simian Risk. The event was a great opportunity to get our business known in the region and develop strong relationships with other well known companies and local governments. We were invited to present at the conference last year and participated in a seminar on the need to develop strong working at height standards in the Middle East with the Abu Dhabi Municipality.”
“The region is still some way behind the very high standards we have in place in the UK, but we can see many companies in the Middle East are working hard to improve health and safety. We are determined to play a part in this drive by providing first rate work at height training programmes to help reduce the number of industrial accidents in the region.”
Directors Ian Fyall and Simon Hughes launched Simian Risk Group in Warrington in 2005. With more than 40 years of experience within the scaffolding industry, the business specialises in providing health and safety consultancy for work at height.
In 2010 Ian and Simon split the company into two divisions – Simian Risk and Simian Skill, taking on two new directors, Dave Randles and David Abraham for the respective divisions. Dave Randles became a shareholder in 2011. Dave and David also have more than 40 years of experience to add to that of Ian and Simon.
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