A HEALTH and safety company that started life in the corner of a Bolton bedroom 10 years ago is celebrating its anniversary by expanding its business.

Sue Scott created Comply at Work, helping start-up companies to be compliant with health and safety legislation, from home in 2004.

She said: “It all began by accident, really, as a couple of companies asked for my help with problems they were experiencing, and it went from there.”

Ms Scott won two prestigious awards for national examinations in Occupational Health and Safety, and is a graduate member of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) and a Fellow of the Institution of International Risk and Safety Management (IIRSM).

She holds several qualifications covering areas of expertise in her field, is a registered trainer and her business is also a training centre for training awarding bodies.

Over the past decade, Ms Scott has built up her company with clients all over the North West.

Services include policy development, noise, risk assessment and hazardous substances.

More recently, she moved into new premises in Mason Street, Horwich, creating an accessible business base just near to the motorway system.

She has also created an extension at the rear of the building to house a bright, contemporary training room which is already proving popular with clients, especially for first-aid training courses.

“Having my own training room was something I always planned to do,” added Ms Scott. “The business has become very busy — we’ve picked up 10 new clients since the start of the year — so it made sense to put on in-house training.

“But I’m also able to offer out the facilities and meeting room at a reasonable rate to other companies and organisations for their training or staff days off-site.”

The room caters for meetings of up to 20 delegates with a variety of up-to-date equipment like a ceiling-mounted projector, speakers, wi-fi and a large magnetic glass board plus flip charts and other training aids available.

There is also a reception area for breaks and lunches, and Comply includes refreshments in the hire cost and provide quality catering using a local company.

As well as this latest development at the company’s base, Comply has also taken on a new office manager and an IT graduate to cope with the burgeoning business.

“It’s amazing that it all started in such a low-key way,” said Ms Scott. “But I’m delighted that we have done so well, and plan to expand both the business and premises even more in the future.”