Expert Health and Safety Consultant, Bristol Businesses Trust. We’re ready to help!
Keeping your people safe is non-negotiable. Safetywise Consultancy Ltd provides expert health and safety consultants in Bristol and across the South, offering clear safety advice, practical guidance, and on-the-ground support to help you stay compliant. We help businesses manage risk, protect employees and put workable systems in place that build confidence and cut accidents.
Practical health and safety consultancy for Bristol and the South
You get a health and safety consultancy that fits your operation, not paperwork for its own sake. Our consultants understand Bristol industries, local contractors and how regional rules interact with UK regulations. We assist with SSIP accreditation pathways, including evidence preparation and templates, and we build concise method statements that your teams can use on-site. Every safety consultant in our team holds recognised IOSH and NEBOSH qualifications. The result is safety management that helps you work safely, pass audits and stay compliant across projects in the South.
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Our safety consultancy services
We provide a full range of safety consultancy services for businesses in Bristol, the South and South Wales. From one-off projects to retained support, our safety consultants help you design, implement, and maintain health and safety management systems that fit different industries and sizes. Service delivery is flexible to suit your sites and timescales, and we keep documentation lean so supervisors and employees can act on it.
Risk assessments and health and safety audits
Fire risk assessment and fire door audits
RAMS: risk assessments and method statements aligned to CDM regulations
Policies, procedures and safety management system development
Safety training, including in-house and e-learning
Beyond classroom training courses, we can provide e-learning to support aid training for dispersed teams. We also help with construction-phase plans, site inspections, and pre-qualification packs, so you can demonstrate compliance to clients and contractors. No matter your industry, we put health, safety, and compliance first.
What does a health and safety consultant do?
A health and safety consultant identifies hazards, quantifies risk and turns that into workable controls your teams can follow. In practice, this covers risk assessments that focus on your risks, site visits to check controls in the workplace, and clear documentation that supervisors can brief quickly.
We advise on the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1974, Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015, sector specific rules, then translate legal requirements into day-to-day actions. Expect help with policies, method statements, COSHH, permit-to-work formats, and toolbox talks.
Our consultants support construction, manufacturing, hospitality and other sectors, and we tailor safety services to your equipment, processes and customers. Retained clients receive scheduled reviews, incident trend analysis and legal updates so management can show due diligence. We can act as your competent person, assist with tender responses, and provide safety support during mobilisation so contractors and employees start work safely. You remain responsible for health and safety and legal responsibilities as the employer, and our role is to provide you with the systems, training, and advice that help you protect people, reduce accidents, and meet compliance requirements with confidence.
Do I need a health and safety consultant in Bristol?
If your business lacks in-house expertise, is growing into new sectors, or faces client demands for RAMS, SSIP and policies, a consultant is a practical choice. Complex construction projects in Bristol under CDM regulations often require additional safety management during the design-and-build phase.
Many businesses across the South seek external guidance to meet deadlines without risking gaps. Startups benefit from core documents and risk assessments tailored to their operations. Established businesses use consultants to refresh controls, benchmark safety performance, and prepare for audits.
You might also need specialist fire safety input, manual handling reviews, or first-aid provision planning to match shift patterns and site layouts. We help you assess competence, schedule training, and decide what to handle internally versus what to outsource. Our team supports businesses across Bristol, the South and South Wales, as well as UK-wide clients who need consistent standards across multiple sites.
If you want a single point of contact, a clear plan and safety solutions that supervisors can apply, external consultancy services will save time and reduce risk.
What Our Clients Say
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Fire safety and training that builds competence
Fire safety underpins every workplace. We complete a thorough fire risk assessment that identifies hazards, evaluates risks and sets proportionate controls for your premises. Where needed, we conduct fire door audits and advise on maintenance, signage, and evacuation drills. To embed controls, we offer safety training that connects the why with the how, including manual handling, and incident response. Training courses can be tailored to different industries, so employees understand their role in safety management and can act quickly on-site. The focus is competence, not tick boxes, so your teams can work safely during normal operations and under pressure.
Sectors and use cases for health and safety services across the South
Our safety consultants support businesses and contractors across construction, manufacturing, warehousing and public services in Bristol and throughout the South. We help clients standardise documentation across multiple sites, review supply chain risks, and prepare pre-start packs that give employees and visitors safe access. For project work, we assist principal contractors and smaller trades with RAMS and method statements that balance programme delivery with risk control. We also guide corporate safety teams and managers who need clear safety support for audits, incident reviews and improvement plans across different industries.
How our health and safety consultants help you stay compliant
Compliance starts with understanding your health and safety needs and mapping them to your operation. We scope the risks, align controls to regulations, then create concise documents and briefings that teams can use straight away. You get practical guidance on what matters most, where to focus first, and how to evidence compliance to clients and the HSE. Our safety experience across the South means we know what inspectors, insurers and customers expect to see, and we make sure your records show real control, not just paperwork. The outcome is a safer workplace, reduced risk and managers who feel confident addressing safety matters day to day.
Contact Safetywise Consultancy in Bristol
Ready to discuss your health and safety services? Contact Safetywise Consultancy Ltd for expert health and safety consultants in Bristol and across the South. Tell us about your sites, and we will assist.
We can also help you in Bath, Devon, Gloucestershire, London, Oxfordshire, Slough, Somerset, South Wales, Swindon, Warwickshire and Wiltshire!
FAQs
How do Safetywise Consultancy Ltd charge for health and safety consultancy?
We scope the work and price by time and deliverables. You pay for the support you use, and we agree on the plan before work starts. Monthly retainers are chargeable for ongoing advise.
Can you act as our competent person?
Yes. We can act as your competent person, providing practical advice, documentation and reviews so you can meet your duties with confidence. Covered within the Monthly retainer.
Do you assist with SSIP accreditation in Bristol and the South West?
Yes. We support SSIP pathways, including evidence preparation and templates, so that you can demonstrate competence to clients and contractors.
Do you provide RAMS and CDM support?
Yes. We produce risk assessments and method statements aligned with CDM, and we can assist with construction-phase plans and site inspections. We also support as acting s Principal Designers under CDM 2015.
What areas do you cover?
We are based in Bristol and support organisations across the South and South Wales, as well as UK-wide clients who need consistent standards across multiple sites.