is there any legislation or acop stating that signage has to be displayed in welsh as well as english. Our main office is based in wales,today in my abcence there was a random inspection from the local authority health and safety dept.the gentleman inspecting has insisted that we change all safety signage to bilingual. has anyone got any advice on this thanks.

It all comes down to risk assessment. If you have a construction site with a lot of Polish workers then you would be expected to dispay bilingual signs. I suggest the same would be true of your premises in regards to the Welsh signs, although I'm sure the Welsh are able to read English too?

As stated, it’s down to risk assessment - unless you are a public body? You need to look at your location and workforce in terms of non-English speakers. Be mindful that this may not be a legal requirement or a necessary task. I have a colleague who’s client is a large chain outlet. A customer entered their Welsh border town outlet to purchase goods and gave them a cheque written in Welsh. Even though the outlet was in Wales, nobody in this large store spoke the language. It opened up a hornets nest at the company HQ. After deliberation and gaining expert advice they found that they did not have to take any action.

As far as I understand it the Welsh Language Act only applies to public buildings, signage etc. issued and produced by the public sector organisations. I was asked this question a few years ago when setting up a facility for my then englilsh based employer in Wales. We checked it out and it was simply a company choice, as long as the signage was able to be understood. As all employees were English speakers it was not a problem. I take the point about persons whose 1st language is not English.

Alan, I absolutely love your response with regard to the challenge if the response comes only in English. Brilliant!!!