An Altrincham-based company has teamed up with an emergency bandages charity in an effort to keep people and places safer.

Crowdguard, a specialist in counter terrorism risk assessment and hostile vehicle mitigation (HVM), has partnered up with Rapaid, a charity which aims to save lives by locating easy-to-find, simple-to-use bandages in public space and work environments.

This comes as Martyn's Law, which will place a requirement on those responsible for certain venues to consider the threat from terrorism and implement appropriate and proportionate mitigation measures, is expected to be become legislation.

Crowdguard has been provided with a number of emergency bandages kits, which will be available at every Crowdguard temporary HVM deployment.

Deborah Ainscough, founder and director of Crowdguard said: "Our mission is to protect people and places from vehicle impacts with expert specification and installation of HVM equipment, aligned to a vulnerability, threat and risk assessment.

"But we cannot protect people from all risks, and we wanted to make sure that, if the worst happens - whether it’s a vehicle attack, a knife attack, an accident or any other type of incident causing heavy bleeding – we have the equipment on site to reduce the consequences and save lives."

Since the Manchester Arena bombing inquiry, it has been revealed that several people who lost their lives bled out due to their injuries and they may have survived had there been emergency bandages available to stem the bleeding.

Figen Murray MBE, who has campaigned for Martyn's Law in honour of her son who died that night, said: "So much of what we want to achieve with Martyn’s Law is an approach to risk mitigation that joins the dots between preventing terror attacks and reducing the consequences.

"That’s exactly what’s happening with this partnership between Crowdguard and Rapaid, and I encourage others to follow this lead with collaboration and joined-up thinking."

Alex Chivers, founder of Rapaid, said: "We know that people on the scene during the Manchester Arena attack did everything they could to help the injured, but they just didn’t have the kit on hand to stop the bleeding until the emergency services arrived.

"Our partnership with Crowdguard will go a long way towards preventing this scenario from happening again, and we are delighted to be working with the company as part of our campaign to make emergency bandage kits available in workplaces and public environments to save lives following accidents, attacks or incidents."