SME News Northern Enterprise Awards 2023 / 30 Health & Safety Solutions Services Provider of the Year 2023 - Lancashire Providing a comprehensive and extensive range of professional health and safety consultancy services throughout the UK, Vertex Safety Ltd (Vertex) stands head and shoulders above the competition thanks to its diligence approach and bespoke offerings. We find out more from the firm’s Founder, Scott Taylor in wake of it being crowned with a prestigious title in the Northern Enterprise Awards 2023. Dedicated to providing hands-on health and safety consultancy services, Vertex Safety Ltd comprises of a team of health and safety specialists based in Blackpool, Lancashire. The firm’s extensive knowledge and expertise allows it to provide its clients with reliable, effective health and safety solutions and advice in a timely manner to fully meet their needs. Vertex Founder and Director, Scott Taylor has worked within the health and safety industry for more than 10 years and holds NEBOSH qualifications as well as a Health and Safety Diploma. Passionate about providing solutions to companies, Scott is also a graduate member of The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health, Incorporated Member of The Association for Project Safety, as well as a Specialist Member of The International Institute of Risk & Safety Management. Scott prides himself as a hands-on health and safety professional, possessing exceptional communication and people skills, combined with a sensible attitude towards corporate health and safety. “We recognise the individual needs of each of our clients,” Scott elaborates, speaking of his firm’s approach to its clientele. “This is why we tailor our services around each and every client and their business, providing a bespoke solution to address their issues and meet their requirements.” As the experienced staff come from a construction background, working from small projects up to complex developments with corporate wellknown clients, they are all registered members of the Association of Project Safety, International Institute of Risk and Safety Management and members of the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health. Vertex can provide the role of Principal Designer Advisor and support the Principal Designer and discharge their duties under the CDM Regulations 2015. The company also has an array of experience in CDM 2015 compliance and can act as CDM Advisor to clients, principal contractors and sub-contractors, with previous cases ranging from minor to large projects. The firm provides a wide range of health and safety training courses to ensure a business stays health and safety compliant and know how to keep its employees safe in the process. Vertex can offer both e-learning and classroom training to suit each individual business’ needs and budget, plus all of the courses are approved by the International Institute of Risk and Safety Management, The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, The Independent Asbestos Training Providers, and The CPD Accreditation Service. Health and Safety inspections are a necessary part of any organisation. Performing thorough checks on a regular basis allows a business to identify and control potential hazards and ensure employees and other individuals are not put at risk. Vertex can carry out full health and safety inspections of the physical aspects of any business premises, as well as assessing its onsite documentation and works. A risk assessment and method statement is used to describe in a logical sequence exactly how work is to be carried out using safe practices and without risks to health or safety. Vertex diligently works alongside its clients to ensure the documents are suitable and sufficient and, most importantly, controlling those risks. Furthermore, Vertex offers corporate organisations the peace of mind in knowing that their health and safety arrangements are 100% fit for purpose, and will provide its clients with advice and guidance relating to their specific industry and advise of any regulatory or best practice changes. Vertex also undertakes CHAS, Safe Contractor, and Constructionline for clients under SSIP. These accreditations demonstrate a company’s commitment to health and safety, and show that it meets the minimum standards required by CDM Regulations 2015. Developers, clients, government departments, public bodies, large contractors, and many others who procure design and construction utilise these accreditation services when making selections for service delivery on their projects. Then there is policy and management systems. Vertex will create a policy and management system tailored to a business which will evidence how it will manage health and safety procedures throughout the business. This also lets staff and others know about a company’s commitment to health and safety. Vertex demonstrates expertise in assisting clients while they manage the risks associated with hazardous materials, such as asbestos. The company’s qualified experts will address legal compliance issues whilst operating in a commercially pragmatic way, offering the very highest standards and practices to identify, inspect, and manage asbestos, and can offer a comprehensive, tailored service to suit individual requirements, which include: UKAS accredited asbestos management, refurbishment, demolition, and reinspection surveys in all property sectors; analysis of asbestos in bulk materials; provision of UKAS accredited air monitoring and four-stage clearance testing; project management of asbestos removal; CPD and IATP, approved by RoSPA asbestos awareness training and bespoke asbestos training courses for designers; asbestos contaminated land testing and management of remediation; and asbestos management plans and gap analysis due diligence assessments. Finally, Vertex can help a company focus on its business operations and growing its bottom line by taking care of all of its human resources needs. “Whether a firm needs help with recruitment, employment contracts, disciplinary hearings, or something else, Vertex can be of assistance, leaving you free to get on with growing your business,” elaborates Scott. “We are a professional and knowledgeable team who can provide services to your business, from taking on the first employee to helping advise on how to do redundancies the right way.” Recently, for its hard work and commitment to the health and safety sector, Scott and the team at Vertex were ecstatic to be crowned with the prestigious title of Health & Safety Solutions Services Provider of the Year 2023 – Lancashire in the Northern Enterprise Awards. But don’t just take our word for it, why not read what Vertex’s delighted clients have to say in their five-star reviews! Green Cooling Ltd recently employed Vertex’s health and safety services, and enthused, “Vertex have been working with us on a large project recently and have proven to be a competent, diligent, and importantly, a very enthusiastic partner.
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