Cyril Sweett, the leading international construction and property consultancy have won one of the prestigious RoSPA Occupational Health & Safety Awards for 2007.

The Gold award will be presented at a special ceremony at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel, National Exhibition Centre, on Thursday, May 24 which runs alongside Safety & Health Expo 2007, the UK’s premier health and safety at work exhibition.

David Rawlins, RoSPA Awards Manager, said “Cyril Sweett have demonstrated how seriously they take health and safety management and are a fine example to many other companies. We would like to see more organisations following their lead.”

David Brown, Cyril Sweett, Director of Health & Safety, commented “We have recently installed new health & safety initiatives into our business to ensure that we have excellent systems in all of our offices. Cyril Sweett’s unique one stop shop approach to all Safety Health and Environmental matters have benifited both our staff and our clients. Receiving external recognition by RoSPA proves how committed Cyril Sweett are in achieveing high standards of performance.”

The RoSPA awards are not just about reducing the number of accidents and cases of ill-health at work; they help to ensure that organisations have good health and safety management systems in place. Entering the awards scheme reinforces the message that good health and safety is good business and clearly demonstrates an organisation’s commitment to the achievement of high levels of performance in this crucial area.

The RoSPA Occupational Heatlh & Safety Awards 2007 are sponsored by NEBOSH (The National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health), the leading health and safety professional examining body.

The President of RoSPA, Baroness Anne Gibson of Market Rasen, Deputy President, Lord Jordan of Bournville and Vice-President, Lord Brougham & Vaux will host gala dinners on 22-24 May for representatives of award-winning organisations at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel, with entertainment by top comedian Jimmy Carr.