LEAPS is bringing a clear message to IAAPA Expo Europe 2026: robust inspection, assurance and certification support safer leisure operations, stronger decision-making and greater confidence throughout an asset’s working life.
Working with operators, inspection bodies and duty holders, LEAPS focuses on the governance and evidence behind safety-critical decisions. The organisation helps businesses establish clear records, understand responsibilities and apply proportionate oversight, creating a dependable framework for protecting guests and maintaining standards.
Its role as a ‘safety-critical friend’ reflects a collaborative approach. Rather than treating compliance as a box-ticking exercise, LEAPS helps teams examine how assurance works in practice: whether records tell a coherent story, whether responsibilities are understood, and whether decisions can be supported by reliable evidence. That perspective is especially valuable in leisure environments, where assets evolve, operational pressures change and public trust is inseparable from reputation.
Effective assurance also gives operators a firmer basis for planning maintenance, managing risk and communicating with partners. By connecting inspection and certification with day-to-day governance, LEAPS aims to make safety management both rigorous and usable.
The benefits extend beyond compliance. When information is structured and responsibilities are visible, teams can identify issues earlier, make better-informed investment choices and demonstrate due diligence to stakeholders. Proportionate assurance helps focus attention where it matters most, supporting a culture in which safety is actively managed rather than reviewed only at isolated milestones.
Managing Director Jon Ruddock will represent LEAPS at the event and welcomes conversations with operators and industry colleagues about practical ways to strengthen compliance, assurance and trust. LEAPS joins the Experience UK delegation at IAAPA Expo Europe 2026; meet the team via the UK Pavilion, stand S837, to discuss safer operations across the leisure sector.
