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Pendulum Slip Testing in Leicester

Serving East Midlands

UKAS ISO 17025 accredited Pendulum testing across Leicester — 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.

Slip Testing in Leicester

Why Leicester businesses need accredited slip testing.

Leicester's economy spans textile and food manufacturing, two universities, and a thriving retail centre at the Highcross, supported by one of the most diverse hospitality scenes in the Midlands. With major distribution centres at Magna Park and a substantial NHS estate at the Royal Infirmary, the city sees consistent slip-testing demand across food production, hospitality and public-sector environments.

Under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992, every duty holder in Leicester — 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 Leicester 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.

Local Sectors

Slip testing across Leicester's key industries.

Leicester's economy generates slip-risk environments that vary by sector. Each one requires a slightly different testing approach, and our engineers in Leicester, the East Midlands and the M1/M69 motorway network are familiar with the operational realities of each.

01 — Leicester

Food manufacturing and packaging across Beaumont Leys and Braunstone.

02 — Leicester

Retail and leisure at the Highcross and across the Cultural Quarter.

03 — Leicester

Logistics and distribution at Magna Park and the M1/M69 junction.

Beyond these focal areas, we test floors across hospitality, healthcare, education, transport, public-sector buildings and food production right across the Highcross, the Cultural Quarter, Granby Street, the Golden Mile and Magna Park — and the wider East Midlands region.

30%
Of all UK workplace injuries are caused by slips, trips and falls — HSE 2024/25.
£512m
Annual cost to UK employers in lost production and direct costs.
95%
Of major slip injuries result in broken bones — HSE data.
Pendulum Test Value

The HSE classification — three risk zones.

Every Pendulum slip test in Leicester 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.

High Risk
0–24
Significant Slip Potential

HSE recommends immediate intervention — surface treatment, replacement, or contamination control.

Moderate
25–35
Slips Reasonably Foreseeable

Risk management, signage and cleaning regime review required. Frequent re-testing recommended.

Low Risk
36+
HSE Low-Risk Benchmark

The threshold for a low slip-risk surface. Where most well-specified commercial floors should sit.

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Slip testing in Leicester — get a quote.

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