UKAS-accredited pendulum slip testing for high-street fashion chains, designer fashion, sports fashion, and concession-based fashion across all major retail formats.
Surface Performance Ltd — operating under UKAS ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation, Lab Schedule No. 7933 — provides BS 7976-2 pendulum slip resistance testing to high-street fashion chains, designer fashion, sports fashion, and concession-based fashion across all major retail formats.
The pendulum test, carried out in accordance with BS 7976-2:2002+A1:2013, is the preferred pedestrian slip test method recommended by the Health and Safety Executive and the UK Slip Resistance Group. It is the only slip test evidence accepted by UK courts in civil slip injury claims. The UKAS endorsement mark on our reports is what differentiates evidence that holds up in court from evidence that does not.
Every fashion retail environment carries its own slip-risk profile. Our typical survey scope covers polished and lacquered timber shop floors (very common in fashion — high slip risk in wet conditions), entrance lobbies, fitting rooms, escalator approaches and back-of-house.
Our typical client base in this format includes store managers, brand H&S directors, multi-site retail FM and franchise operators. We deliver single-site testing alongside group-level programmes coordinated across multiple sites in a brand portfolio.
Group-level programmes coordinated across multiple fashion retail sites in a brand portfolio deliver consistent UKAS-accredited evidence at predictable per-site pricing. Typical pricing for multi-site retail programmes starts from £350 per store for groups of 5+ sites — significantly more cost-effective than ad-hoc per-site testing.
Reports are written to align with the standards expected by retail group risk teams, brand-standard auditors and public-liability underwriters. The UKAS endorsement mark is what separates a report accepted as expert evidence from a report dismissed in court.
A fixed written quote for fashion retail slip testing across the UK.
A retail-slip-testing.co.uk service operated by Surface Performance Ltd — UKAS Testing Laboratory No. 7933. Reports written to the standard accepted by UK courts in slip injury claims.