Vic Quayle is a Manxman and has lived in the Isle of Man, Yorkshire, Liverpool before moving south to London when seven years old. He lived in Wimbledon and went to Kingston Grammar School before starting his training to become an environmental health officer.

After qualifying as an environmental health officer he worked in London before moving to Surrey and took a keen interest in the new Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 when it first came into effect. He was soon authorised as an inspector and when required served improvement and prohibition notices and took prosecutions. He also started writing on health and safety subjects in the monthly journal of the Chartered Institute for Environmental Health and continued to do so every month for seven years. Vic also obtained a Diploma in Municipal Administration.

He was now working as a Group Environmental Health Officer in a London Borough with responsibility for a team of inspectors dealing with food safety, health and safety, licensing and registration. He also wrote several guides to environmental health subjects for Shaw and Sons Ltd.

Vic left local government in 1988 to set up one of the first electronic newsletters – Environmental Health Briefing – targeted mainly at local authorities. He later published Health and Safety Briefing in the same format. In addition Vic became Managing Editor of the Barbour Index range of fifteen full text regulatory sector information systems publishing huge indices for over 40,000 authoritative and official publications. These included UK and European legislation and guidance, codes of practice, British Standards, and other publications from notable sources.

Consultancy work with Technical Indexes saw Vic develop their first CD ROM and online full text information services for the health and safety industry.

In recent years Vic has worked as an independent consultant dealing with immigration work, the Licensing Act 2003 and other regulatory matters affecting small businesses. He has also worked as a parish clerk for two Surrey local councils.

When not working Vic has been a member of Guildford Lions Club for more than 25 years and was President in 2000/01. He is also a keen rally driver and has had an International Competition Licence and competed in Europe and South America. He often links his rallying to charity fund raising.

Vic is married to Pam and they have two grown up daughters and a young labrador.