Dangerous access ramp at Kingussie Co-op

Anyone who shops at the Co-op in Kingussie knows that the tiled ramp at the entrance is an accident waiting to happen due to how slippery it gets.

Last week, as Winter set in, a member of staff expressed their concerns to me about the store's policy to leave the ramp untreated — a policy that has allegedly been introduced in the misguided belief that this would absolve the company of responsibility for anyone slipping on the ramp.

As a public safety issue, this was a great story, so I spent an afternoon on the phone to various people at the council, environmental health officers, and the Co-op press office, as well as hanging around outside the store interviewing customers.

Read my article on the Press & Journal web site and a slightly longer version on the Strathspey Herald web site.

Amazingly, the Co-op still insists that their policy is correct, and they will do nothing to treat the access ramp. Last night, going in to the store to pick up a copy of the paper, it was like trying to walk on an ice rink.