Our People

Gary Durnall

Managing Director and Fire Risk Assessor, Business Safety Solutions Ltd, Chester

Having qualified in BA(Hons) in Business Studies, NEBOSH GC, COTC for Hazardous Waste treatment and transfer, Gary has spent most of his career operating as an Operations Director or General Manager Level.

Gary has extensive experience in continuous business improvements in performance and efficiency, Lean manufacturing, HR, Maintenance, NPD,

 Supply chain management, Quality, Environment and Safety across a broad spectrum of manufacturing, production and waste reclamation organisations.

Including recycling, chipboard, mdf, wood, glass, metals, plastics and specialty chemicals in both Office and Manufacturing environments.

Expertise in fire safety, recognised by accredited sources:

• Fire Protection Association (FPA)

• The Institute of Fire Safety Managers (IFSM)

• National Fire Risk Assessors Register (NFRAR)

• Growing a UK based manufacturing business six-fold from £2 million to £12 million turnover

• Attaining and working to ISO 9001,14001 & 18001 Standards for SME and large major UK Companys

• Working in SME’s and large unionised sites delivering operational improvements saving Company’s hundreds of thousands of pounds

• Unparalleled safety success introducing change management and teamworking across multiple industries

• Improving business processes to world class manufacturing levels via the introduction of Safety, Quality, Environment, HR and manufacturing systems

• Transformational introduction of processes and procedures achieving COTC in Managing Treatment and Transfer of a Hazardous Waste Site.

• Achieving a Distinction in NEBOSH GC and being a Technical member (TECHIOSH) of IOSH for a number of years.

Gary has always managed to improve the businesses he has worked with as a whole and his mission in establishing Business Safety Solutions is to work with like-minded people to support them in their journey to success initially by taking the safety concerns and ownership away from the business leads so they can focus on their business. Committed to sustainable, innovative, high quality safety solutions to give peace of mind to all stakeholders.