As one of the worlds largest sugar refiners, British Sugar leave nothing to chance where site safety is concerned. Once again they have called upon Lloyds British Training Services to train the operational staff based at their factories in Great Britain.

With a long standing relationship between both parties, British Sugar have been using the services of Lloyds British Training for over 20 years due to their unrivalled reputation for excellence in training delivery, which results in marked improvements in work place safety.

Steve Downing, Training Director said "one of the cornerstones of our training services is the fact that we were one of the first UK providers to focus on the aspect of ‘impact of human factors in the work place’ and this enables delegates to gain maximum benefit from our course content and Trainer led delivery".

Lloyds British Training have established themselves as one of the worlds leading Health and Safety Providers, with branches in the UK, Egypt, Ghana, India, Kuwait and the U.A.E. and are currently planning to open further new "centres of training excellence " in other West African and the Middle Eastern countries.

The Rolls Royce Group worldwide, prides itself on being able to deliver all of its training requirements internally, but when that expertise does not exist, there are only a few Training Organisations the aero giant will turn to, at the top of that list is Lloyds British Training Services .

Once again, Rolls Royce have called upon Lloyds British Training to design and deliver specialist lifting training for its operations in Derby and at the NRTE located at HMS Vulcan in Scotland.

Lloyds British Training are the only training body that had the experience, technical expertise and flexibility to undertake the programmes and meet the high level of security vetting required.

Steve Downing, Training Director said "as a global company, we have the resources and expertise to be able to support our clients in a wide range of areas, which includes all industry sectors worldwide. Our relationship with Rolls Royce shows that our core values of technical expertise, trust and quality, are at the cornerstone of our service, which is why our customers continue to call on us, where ever in the world that may be".

Lloyds British have proved again that they are committed to raising the bar for site safety and inspection services, after completing a series of lifting equipment training courses onsite in Nigeria in conjunction with Hull Inspection Services who are based in Lagos and Port Harcourt.

Facilitated by the Lloyds British West African Operations in Ghana, Lloyds British have been able to provide high levels of safety training to the work force in the rapidly expanding Nile Delta region.

Focussing on operator competence and the requirement for stringent inspection standards, our Trainer has been able to ensure that the Lloyds British standards are adopted by the Industry in Nigeria and Hull Inspection Services will ensure that the Lloyds British code of practice for work equipment inspection is followed as a sector standard.

Billy Benzie, Country Manager for Lloyds British Ghana said "It is a great vote of confidence when one of the leading Inspection and Testing Companies in Nigeria called on Lloyds British to take ownership of this training programme and with the support of our UK Training Company, we were able to establish our standards for the Industry in Nigeria".

Lloyds British Training Services has supported the BMW Group in the UK and Germany for a number of years and the relationship between the two iconic brands has been further strengthened by the announcement this week that Plant Oxford will award Lloyds British Training a Framework Agreement to deliver the future health and safety training for its workforce.

The exclusivity agreement will be for a minimum two years and Lloyds British Training will also continue to support BMW operations In Munich, Goodwood, Swindon and Hams Hall, as and when required.

Steve Downing, Training Director for Lloyds British said "as a tier 1 supplier to the Automotive Industry in the UK, we have an unrivalled reputation for training excellence with most manufacturers and suppliers and BMW’s confidence in us is demonstrated by this latest achievement. It is a credit to our Training Officers who are committed to maintaining our standing as the principle Industrial Training Provider in the UK ".

Lloyds British Testing, Dubai have successfully achieved the full DAC accreditation from the Dubai Accreditation Department.

DAC are recognised for assessing and accrediting the competence of organisations in the fields of testing, calibration, inspection and certification of systems, products and persons and only award this accreditation to companies who fill this criteria.

Credit must be given to the staff who have worked hard on achieving this accreditation, Mr Binu Mathews (Service Manager), Rekha Gopi (Administration), Mike Lumsden (Senior Test Engineer), Mohd Shiba (Test Engineer), Graham Stretton (National Contracts Manager), Andy Hemsworth (QHS&E), John Maiden (Dubai General Manager) and Mr Ian White (Chief Executive).

This accreditation gives the Lloyds British Branch in Dubai the scope to now move into industrial areas in Dubai to carry out work where the accreditation is required and will show us as a leading company in Inspection and Testing in Dubai.

When the UK’s foremost facilities management companies want to maintain the highest levels of onsite safety, they invariably call upon the UK’s leading Inspection and Training body, Lloyds British.

With an unrivalled reputation for technical excellence and customer service, Lloyds British are continuing to support First Line Service Support Companies through a nationwide branch network of highly skilled and experienced Inspection Technicians and accredited Training Instructors.

ADI and Emcor are some of the organisations that entrust Lloyds British to provide the critical safety management support needed when overseeing multi-site locations on behalf of their client base .

ADI have recently selected Lloyds British Training Services to again provide onsite safety training to cover working at height and lifting and slinging activities at the Cadbury manufacturing locations In Bristol, Birmingham and Hereford.

Based on continuing contract performance, Lloyds British are consistently meeting their customers needs for employee development and work place safety and helping their clients raise the bar in service standards to their end users.

Steve Downing, Director for Lloyds British said, "successful partnerships are based on proven results and our record for supporting the facilities management sector in the UK is unsurpassed, providing crucial cost savings to the client and end user, but without compromising safe working practices, at a time when all organisations are not only being challenged with cost savings, but are still having to meet the balance of reasonable practicability of identifying and controlling hazard and risk within their undertakings ".

Once again , Lloyds British have shown that they can maintain standards without compromising safety and still show measureable improvements for their customers.

Lloyds British Testing Ltd, the world’s leading Inspection, Product Supply and Training Group has just been awarded two major contracts for five and two years respectively, by Cemex Marine, one of the largest suppliers of marine aggregates to the UK and European construction industries.

Facilitated from their Eastleigh, Southampton branch and the International Sales Support Division in the West Midlands, Lloyds British will be undertaking thorough examinations on all lifting equipment used by the company over a five year period and supplying new equipment as and when required, through their Group Central Stores " Hub " for a minimum period of two years from the start of the Statutory Inspection Contract.

Steve Downing, Director for Lloyds British said " as a long and valued supplier to Cemex Ltd, it is a great accolade to be chosen to provide these services for Cemex Marine and it is testament to our reputation and the quality of our service that we were able to demonstrate once again, that The Lloyds British Group are the Leaders in the field, for Lifting Engineering Services"

Lloyds British are fast becoming the principle provider for Inspection, Training Services and Product Supply to the Oil and Gas Industry and have re-affirmed their position by securing a two year contract with Shell in Egypt.

The Lloyds British Group were the only organisation that had the capacity and resources to offer such a broad range of services with the technical expertise and support functions required to underpin the contract requirements.

Lloyds British Training Services through its UK training arm has successfully started a rolling programme of lifting management training for the employees of Shell at their base in Alexandria.

Chairman and Chief Executive Ian White said " the demand for our services is being seen across the oil and gas sector worldwide, not just in the onshore support sector but in offshore exploration and production divisions and our clients recognise that partnering with The Lloyds British Group is the right choice for all their needs".

Lloyds British Training Services will continue to support Shell for all future training via their Cairo divisional hub with support from the UK where required.

One of the largest service company in the Gulf, El Hoss Engineering and Transportation, have awarded a Training contract to Lloyds British Kuwait for the provision of all of their Plant and Crane Training.

Supported by Lloyds British Training in the UK, the Lloyds Kuwait Country Branch have just started an initial eight week programme of dedicated training for the workforce of El Hoss, part of the Hetco Group, which covers disciplines such as categories of mobile crane and industrial truck competencies, the Lloyds British Trainers will be making a significant contribution to safer working practices.

Chairman and Chief Executive Ian White said, "our Training services are regarded all over the world and in all Industries, as the benchmark by which operator and employee competence can be measured and the commitment shown by El Hoss in Kuwait is testament to that fact".

As one of the world’s leading suppliers of under-hook attachments Lloyds Somers were chosen
to design, manufacture and supply nineteen (19) Powered Sheet Pack Lifters to a U.K. client, in order to minimise the risks associated with using manual plate grabs, whilst also increasing efficiency through a reduction in double handling and an increased lifting capability.

The Lifters provide “Hands Free” operation when handling sheet packs. The lifting legs are electrically driven using Somers, well proven rack and pinion drive system and purpose designed self sustaining gearbox. The slew (rotate) motion being driven electrically through a worm motor gearbox and anti-friction slew ring, which is suitable for eccentric loading.

The new design of Lloyds Somers Sheet Pack Lifter allows the crane driver to align and position the sheet packs within the distribution facility whilst standing well away from the danger area.

The lifter is particularly useful when loading to and from road transport due to the potential risks when using manual plate grabs due to the nature of the task and the need for personnel to manually withdraw the grabs from the load.

Somers Sheet Pack Lifters are designed to the latest European Norms, are CE marked and are rigorously tested at our works prior to despatch.

Lloyds British Training Services have shown that their experience, expertise and reputation for quality training are the decisive factors when clients decide on choosing training partners.

When G.E. Aviation, one of the worlds leading suppliers of aviation services, planned a major programme of onsite training at some of its UK locations, there was only one training company that could undertake such demanding requirements and that was Lloyds British Training Services.

With an unequalled reputation within the aerospace and defence industries, Lloyds British Training has a proven track record of being able to offer over 80 separate training courses, which they can tailor to a clients particular requirements.

Steve Downing, Group Training and Safety Director said "a hallmark of our service has always been our strong customer service standards, coupled with the highest level of technical expertise, which has enabled us to become the leading Health and Safety Training Provider to all Industries world wide, and history shows that a good reputation endures".

Lloyds British Dubai have successfully completed a specialized 105t lift for a company called Rig Metals in Dubai, 4 weeks planning has gone into this lift coordinated by John Maiden (General Manager), Sunil Kumar (Marketing) and Mike Lumsden (Senior Test Engineer) and was successfully carried out by Mike Lumsden. This lift was carried out by Lloyds British Testing Dubai after their competitors in Dubai stated that it was too difficult to perform.