Regions · North West - Noise at work across the North West
Manchester and Salford’s manufacturing base, the chemical and process plants of Cheshire, the docks and food processing around Liverpool, and Lancashire’s long textile and engineering tradition.
The industries that actually drive noise risk here
Manufacturing & engineering
General engineering and precision manufacturing across Greater Manchester and Lancashire, where machine shop noise builds up across long shift patterns.
Chemicals & process
Process plant across Cheshire's chemical cluster around Runcorn and Ellesmere Port, where pumps, compressors and extraction run continuously.
Food & drink production
Bottling and food processing lines around Liverpool's docks and the wider Merseyside food sector.
Textiles & print
Lancashire's mills and print works, where the historic noise problem the industry is known for is still very much a live compliance issue.
What a real assessment tends to find
Bottling and filling lines are the steady background most staff stop noticing — which is exactly the problem.
- Track record
- 15+ years measuring noise at work
- Coverage
- UK-wide, including the North West
- Pricing
- 4 years at one fixed price — no uplift
How we cover the region
Manchester, Liverpool, Preston and the wider Cheshire plain are all sites we visit — a further trip from our Bournemouth base than the south coast, so North West work is usually scheduled in batches to keep travel proportionate to the job. We also assess sites across the rest of the UK.
Common questions
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You're based on the south coast — do you really cover the North West?
Yes — we assess sites across the whole of the UK. For the North West specifically we tend to schedule visits in batches to keep travel time proportionate, so it’s worth asking about timing if yours is time-sensitive.
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Do you work with chemical/process sites that already have their own safety regime?
Yes — a noise assessment sits alongside your existing COMAH/process safety arrangements rather than replacing any of it; we're specifically assessing exposure, not process risk.
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Our mill/print works has been loud for decades — does that change anything?
No — the regulations apply regardless of how long a site has operated that way. If anything, a long-unassessed site is more likely to have real exposure above the action values, not less.
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What does it cost?
From £895 + VAT per year, fixed for four years. The 60-second check gives an instant guide.