2011 will see the adoption of a new standard for safety signs as ISO 7010 is soon to become EN 7010.

The change will see safety signs in the workplace move away from being an ‘international standard’ (essentially a recommendation on best practice), to a European Norm (meaning the contents of the standard must be written into UK and EU Law).

ISO 7010 has been developed to provide a consistency in design across the EU. By using common pictograms and symbols a universal recognition of safety signs will be encouraged. It will mean that a fire exit sign in the UK will look the same as it would in any other European country.

We will be phasing in the new designs throughout 2011 and you may notice some design changes to the symbols whereas others will look virtually unchanged.

Just Look out for this sticker on our signs......this means that the sign you are looking at meets the new ISO 7010 standards.