BGS Group has appointed Sphere Risk Health and Safety Management (RHSM) as its new health and safety partner operating nationwide, supporting its two businesses BGS Utilities and Utilities Direct (UDL).

Sphere’s role will focus on enabling a holistic approach to the health, safety and wellbeing requirements for the multi-utility infrastructure provider, and will work alongside the Group’s existing technical compliance advisors.

The opportunity to engage a new health and safety partner arose following the acquisition of UDL by BGS Group in January 2026 – with the appointment made following an assessment process, performance review and engagement from teams spanning all aspects of BGS’ operations.

Jonathan Hopkins, BGS Group Managing Director, said: “Health, safety and workplace wellbeing are important in any business, and while site safety and technical compliance will always be critical to our operations, we wanted to find a partner who could support us holistically across all our activities.

“We’ve spent some time getting to know the team at Sphere and given their national reach and knowledge of the utilities and infrastructure sectors, we felt they were the right fit for us.”

Sphere’s team will start by carrying out a formal review of BGS’ existing systems and processes. This will include a gap analysis and site visits along with a comprehensive review of all risk assessments before mapping out recommendations and a plan to support the Group’s strategic growth plan.

Steve Smith, Sphere RHSM Managing Director, added: “We provide responsible and realistic health and safety advice to businesses based on their individual risk – and this model works for BGS Group. Formalising our partnership means we can work on prioritising the health, safety and wellbeing of their employees as they grow, which is an exciting journey to be part of.”

Jonathan concluded: “The appointment of Sphere RHSM has the full support of our leadership team and reflects our shared commitment to continually strengthen health, safety and operational excellence across BGS Group.”