UKAS ISO 17025 accredited Pendulum testing across Edinburgh — to BS 7976 and HSE standards. Reports your insurer, HSE inspector and court will recognise. We don't sell flooring, coatings or anti-slip products.
Edinburgh combines a UNESCO World Heritage Old and New Town with one of the UK's largest financial-services centres at the West End and Lothian Road, the Scottish Parliament and Government estate, and a tourism economy that places the city among the most-visited in Europe. The mix of cobbled medieval closes, Georgian limestone and modern glass-fronted offices means slip-testing demand spans the full historical range — and a UKAS-accredited report carries the same weight under HSE law in Scotland as it does south of the border.
Under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992, every duty holder in Edinburgh — from a single shop owner to a national retail estate — has a legal obligation to assess and manage slip risk. A UKAS-accredited Pendulum Test Value (PTV) report is the strongest documented evidence available, and it carries the same weight in Edinburgh as it does anywhere else in the UK.
Surface Performance Ltd, trading as Test-Slip, has UKAS ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation — the highest level of laboratory accreditation in the UK. We don't sell flooring, coatings, mats or anti-slip retrofits. The only thing we sell is the test, the report, and the qualified opinion behind both — so the result you get is the result the floor produced, not the result that suits a sales pipeline.
Edinburgh's economy generates slip-risk environments that vary by sector. Each one requires a slightly different testing approach, and our engineers in Edinburgh, the Lothians and the M8/M9/A1 corridors are familiar with the operational realities of each.
Financial services across St Andrew Square, Lothian Road and the Exchange.
Hotels, conference and visitor attractions across the Old and New Town.
Government estate including the Scottish Parliament and St Andrew's House.
Beyond these focal areas, we test floors across hospitality, healthcare, education, transport, public-sector buildings and food production right across the Royal Mile, Princes Street, St Andrew Square, the Exchange and Leith — and the wider Scotland region.
Every Pendulum slip test in Edinburgh produces a Pendulum Test Value (PTV) figure. The HSE classifies floors against this value — a single accredited test gives you the evidence to demonstrate which zone your floor sits in.
Fill in the form and we'll come back with a clear scope, timeline and fixed fee — usually within 24 hours.