At Hannaford Consultancy, we deliver Health, Safety, and Environmental consultancy services alongside accredited and bespoke training courses tailored to your business needs. With over 25 years of hands-on experience, we’ve supported a wide range of industries, including manufacturing, hospitality, NHS Public Services, meat and poultry processing, quarrying, energy generation, engineering, retail, and many more.
We take an integrated approach to system management, addressing all aspects of risk control. Our team applies practical knowledge and proven strategies to help you meet health, safety, and environmental compliance requirements with confidence. We don’t just offer guidance, we deliver real-world solutions that work in your operational environment.
Hannaford Consultancy is able to complete an initial review / Gap analysis of your current HSE systems, identifying what your business does well. As well as any shortcomings.
We will focus on your significant risks and work with you to produce an action plan. Enabling you to prioritise and action your HSE compliance issues within a sensible time frame.
As a result of the knowledge and experience gained in these sectors, we understand the challenges that today’s businesses face concerning legislative compliance. As well as achieving continual improvement in Safety, Health and Environmental management.
Depending on the size of your establishment, the number of employees, and the level of risk associated with your operations. Hannaford Consultancy will typically complete an initial review for SMEs over 1 to 2 days.
The review will include:
The visit will be followed up with a full written report. This will include a fully documented action plan to help you progress your safety, health and environmental management system.
We will then revisit your business to review the report, agree on the action plan and timescales. Then discuss how we can assist you with its progression.
An initial review is a great way to ensure you focus on the significant HSE issues within your business. Therefore, enabling you to prioritise your resources accordingly.
HSE management systems can come in a variety of forms. From simple systems which are focused on compliance, to more expansive systems focused on continual improvement.
Whether you are seeking accreditation for systems such as ISO 45001 or 14001. Or in-house systems in line with systems such as HSG65. We will assist you in developing and implementing management systems that are appropriate to your business needs and proportional to your risk levels.
Hannaford Consultancy can carry out an initial review to establish your current HSE compliance position. Then provide appropriate advice on the management system you may want to adopt.
Often, bespoke in-house systems, which do not adhere to any standard but ensure that compliance is achieved, may be suitable. However, if accreditation is your goal. It may often be driven by commercial needs rather than compliance. Hannaford Consultancy can help you through the process to achieve this.
We have experience in the implementation and auditing of accredited systems. We can also design bespoke systems which meet the requirements of HSG65. Also, enable HSE compliance without the expense of implementation and ongoing auditing costs associated with the accredited systems, such as ISO.
Whatever your needs, please contact us to discuss, we can help.
Risk assessment completion is an essential process within H&S management. It is a legal requirement for your company to carry out risk assessments to ascertain the significant risks associated with your business activities. For businesses with 5 or more employees, risk assessments need to be documented.
Hannaford Consultancy can help you with the risk assessment process. Emphasising your significant hazards/risks, helping to ensure your risk assessments are suitable and sufficient. As well as making sure the level of detail included is proportional to the hazards and risks associated with your operations.
The HSE recommend a 5-step approach to risk assessment:
Risk assessment is not a complex process. You will probably already know your significant risks. Data such as accidents and near-miss history can help provide focus on what risks are likely to require more consideration in your business.
Hannaford Consultancy can help you with the general risk assessment process. We can also assist with more specific risk assessments, such as manual handling, fire risk assessment, COSHH, machinery, and PUWER assessments.
We are experienced in risk assessment applications and understand the need to ensure that suggested control measures are practical and can be sensibly implemented in the real world.
Hannaford Consultancy provides a range of practical health, safety and environmental training courses tailored to the needs of your business and workforce.
Providing employees with suitable information, instruction and training is an important legal requirement and a key part of maintaining a safe, competent and informed workforce. Effective training also helps employees understand workplace risks and the controls needed to carry out their work safely.
Training can be delivered on a range of subjects, including:
Courses can be tailored to reflect your organisation’s procedures, equipment, working environment and specific health, safety or environmental risks, making the training relevant and practical for those attending.
For more information or to discuss your training requirements, please contact Hannaford Consultancy.
The proof is in the pudding! What you are doing is more important than what you say you are doing.
Hannaford Consultancy can run a fresh pair of eyes over your operations by assessing your working practices. Whether you are in construction, manufacturing, waste, the service industry or in any other at-risk sectors. Hannaford Consultancy can provide an independent inspection, focusing on real-world HSE shop floor application within your business.
Periodic workplace assessments are a useful way of determining if your policy, procedures and risk assessment controls are being followed by your employees, and are workable in the real world.
Often, businesses are not short of compliance documentation, but the shop floor application is often their Achilles’ heel.
At Hannaford Consultancy, we understand the challenges associated with the application of HSE requirements in day-to-day business operations. We will conduct a non-biased, honest assessment of your practices, reporting back to the management team about what is and is not working well, and also provide improvement suggestions where applicable.
We can help you set up an effective workplace inspection schedule, produce tailored bespoke inspection lists, train supervisors to complete inspections, and implement tracking systems to ensure effective management of actions and action closure.
Please contact us for more information.
Has your Safety, Health and Environmental Manager moved on, or are you struggling to fill a vacant HSE position immediately?
Hannaford Consultancy can provide experienced interim Health, Safety and Environmental support to help maintain continuity while you recruit the right permanent replacement.
With over 25 years of experience across a wide range of industries and working environments, we can integrate with your existing management team and provide practical, hands-on support tailored to the needs of your business.
Interim support can include day-to-day HSE management, risk assessments and safe working procedures, workplace inspections, accident investigations, compliance reviews, employee and management support, contractor management, training, audits, action plans and the ongoing development of your health, safety and environmental management systems.
Whether you require support for a few days each month or more regular on-site assistance during a period of transition, Hannaford Consultancy can provide a flexible service designed around your operational requirements.
Our aim is to help keep your HSE arrangements moving forward, maintain compliance and provide a reliable point of contact for your employees and management team until your permanent appointment is in place.
Whether you need a consultant on-site or prefer to work with us virtually, Hannaford Consultancy delivers the same high-quality health, safety and environmental support. Flexible by design, our services are available wherever your business needs them.