Reduce risks, reduce costs; increase productivity and improve relationships within the business. Making Health and Safety Work for your business is what we do.
We believe in using Health and Safety as a tool to improve your business practices and increase efficiency. Effective review and improvement of procedures within the business can increase morale and reduce the risk of unnecessary downtime and costs.
The key to achieving these benefits is a pragmatic and realistic approach to analysing business processes, working safely and more effectively.
New safety practices need commitment throughout the organisation and we work with both the senior management team and all employees to design and implement changes with an open and honest approach.
Choosing your health and safety partner is a key part of this process and we are proud to work with clients across all business sectors throughout Cambridgeshire, East Anglia, London and the UK. Our Consultants have particular expertise with Laboratories, Pharma, Biotech, Food Science, HiTech, Manufacturing and Renewable Energy environments together with office, the building industry and industrial workplaces.
Following a degree in biochemistry, David Oates gained extensive experience within food chemistry, cell and molecular biology, project management and property refurbishment, becoming a Member of the Institute of Biology, a Chartered Biologist, a Corporate member of IOSH and gaining recognition on the IOSH Register of Safety Practitioners.
Having worked with safety since the introduction of the COSHH regulations in 1988 David has a particular specialism in the scientific environment with key projects and experience including:
My project management experience has been gained in organising remedial work for roads and sewers on David Wilson Home sites, plus the refurbishment of laboratories and offices.
Was previously a principal inspector with the Health and Safety Executive, inspecting manufacturing, utility and service industries across Great Britain.
He was Elected Fellow of IOSH (FIOSH) in 2005 and was awarded IOSH President's 'Distinguished Service Certificate for Services to Health and Safety' in 2013.
His experience includes:
Jennie Oates has joined full time working as Company secretary along with her Directorship of our new sister Company Quality Management Works.
Using many years experience of implementing and managing Quality and Regulatory requirements in the in vitro diagnostic Medical Devices (IVD) industry Quality Management Works is looking to support companies implement compliant systems to meet their business needs.
Whilst Medical Devices is a specialist area support for companies using or implementing a Quality Management System to ISO 9001 can also be provided.
Has gained varied experience, across a range of service and manufacturing industries. Laura started her career as a Safety administrator working her way up to Group QHSE Advisor, now for one of the largest Renewables service contractors in East Anglia.
Her strengths lie in helping businesses meet, maintain, and improve their regulatory compliance - providing them with the tools, processes and required information to achieve best practice for their business area. Believing that Safety does not need to be over complicated.
Her experience includes:
Has a background in science, having worked in research within the biotechnology and academic sectors as a laboratory-based scientist in cancer research, before moving into management and Health and Safety roles.
Strengths lie in scientific and laboratory environments, including Biological Safety and COSHH. Providing advice for safe working practices within laboratories, documentation audit and review of risk assessments, COSHH and technical documentation. As well as generic Health and Safety within office environments, such as DSE, Manual Handling, Lone Working and general policy development.
Her experience includes:
Joe joined the team in October 202.He has a background in chemistry, many years' experience in laboratory management and H&S roles at various drug research companies across the Oxford-Cambridge areas.
Joe's specific skills are laboratory chemical, biosafety and radioisotope safety working with many organisations at all levels to review and improve H&S culture across the whole of their business.
His experience includes:
SEP
14th
Following the sad death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, we will be closing on September 19th in line with the announced bank holiday, for her majestys funeral. We will be working as normal on Tuesday. Thank you for your service ma'am.
DEC
22nd
2019 - 2020 observed 55% of all lost working days attributed to work related mental ill health. Workload, lack of support, violence, threats or bullying and changes at work are estimated to be the main causes of work-related stress, depression or anxiety based on 2009/10-2011/12 LFS data. This shows a marked increase over previous years.
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