Under the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, every employer must appoint one or more 'competent persons' to help them meet their health and safety duties. For many small and medium businesses, a full-time, in-house health and safety manager isn't justified by the size of the risk or the budget — appointing an external, qualified consultant as competent person is a recognised, cost-effective alternative.
This isn't a one-off certificate exercise: it's an ongoing relationship where we provide advice, keep your policies current, and support you when something goes wrong.
You need a named, qualified competent person but can't justify a full-time hire.
A customer, tender or insurer requires evidence of a named competent person.
Ongoing access to competent advice by phone or email, not a one-off consultation.
Regular safety briefings and toolbox talks to keep safety live for your workforce.
Keeping your health and safety policy and supporting documents current as your business and the law change.
Reviewing and signing off risk assessments, or producing them where needed — see risk assessment & RAMS.
On-call support if something goes wrong, including investigation and RIDDOR reporting.
Keeping you ahead of changes to health and safety law that affect your business.
We understand your business, current arrangements and risk profile.
We review your existing policies, risk assessments and safety arrangements.
We agree a fixed monthly retainer covering the advice and access you need.
We provide ongoing advice, briefings and document control, on call when something happens.
Yes. The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 require every employer to appoint one or more competent persons to assist with meeting health and safety duties.
Yes — this is a well-established and HSE-recognised route, particularly for SMEs where a full-time in-house appointment isn't proportionate to the risk or the size of the business.
Response times are agreed as part of your retainer; most clients have same-day or next-working-day access for non-emergency queries, with faster response for genuine incidents.
This service is specifically the health & safety competent person role. Our retained QHSE support is broader, covering quality and environmental management too — many clients combine both under one retainer.
We quote a fixed monthly retainer based on your size and risk profile, agreed after a free scoping call.
Most of our clients need more than one of these — here's what tends to go together.
Occupational health & safety management system implementation and certification.
Your part-time, outsourced QHSE manager — keeping the system live between full-time hires.
Practical risk assessments and method statements your teams can actually follow.
Root-cause investigation and RIDDOR reporting that stands up to scrutiny.
Tell us about your business and we'll propose a fixed monthly retainer that fits.
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