Competent Person Services

Competent Person Services in Leicester

Name: Integral Safety Ltd
Address: 53 John Cooper Way, Coalville, Leicestershire, LE67 4AP, GB
Telephone: 01530 382 150
Price range: ££

Every employer must appoint a competent person. We act as yours, giving Leicester businesses qualified advice on call without an in-house salary.

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20+ years Protecting Midlands workplaces
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Professional Competent Person Services in Leicester

Every employer must appoint one or more competent persons to help them meet their health and safety duties. That is a legal requirement, not a recommendation, and for most small and medium businesses the practical answer is an external appointment. We act as your competent person, giving you qualified advice on call without the cost of an in-house appointment.

Based in Coalville, Leicestershire, Integral Safety is ideally positioned to serve businesses in Leicester. Choosing a local consultancy means a named consultant who knows your site and can attend when it matters, rather than a call centre and a ticket number.

Regulation 7 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 requires every employer to appoint one or more competent persons. A great many Leicester businesses are unaware of this, and a good number of those who do know it have quietly nominated somebody internally who has no relevant training.

For a business without genuine in-house expertise, an external appointment is usually the practical answer. It gives you somebody to ring when something happens, which is worth considerably more than a folder of policies.

Local knowledge

Business and Industry in Leicester

Leicester is the largest city in the East Midlands and its economy is unusually broad. Textiles and garment manufacturing still employ thousands across the north and east of the city, sitting alongside food production, plastics, printing, logistics and a large public sector anchored by two universities and the hospital trust. That mix means a consultant walking into a Leicester business could be looking at industrial sewing machines one day and a commercial kitchen the next.

Business parks and estates we work on

Meridian Business Park
Grove Park, Enderby
Optimus Point, Glenfield
Braunstone Frith Industrial Estate
Troon Industrial Estate
Frog Island
Abbey Lane Industrial Estate
Leicester Commercial Park

Getting to you

Leicester is about 20 minutes from our Coalville base on the A50 and M1, so we can usually offer a same-week site visit and, for urgent work, often next-day. We cover the city centre and every one of the outlying business parks.

What we see

What We Commonly Find in Leicester

Recurring issues we come across doing this work locally. If any of these sound familiar, they are all fixable.

A nominated internal person with no training and no time allocated to the role
Businesses unaware the appointment is a legal requirement at all
Policies bought years ago from a template provider and never revisited
Nobody available to advise when an incident happens out of hours

Who we work with

Sectors We Support in Leicester

Practical, sector-specific advice for the kinds of workplaces we visit every week.

What we do

Our Competent Person Services Services

Formal appointment as your competent person
Telephone and email advice whenever you need it
Annual or periodic site visits
Policy and risk assessment reviews kept current
Legislative updates relevant to your business
Support during inspections, incidents and investigations
Documentation for insurers, clients and tenders
Escalation to specialist support where needed

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The difference it makes

Benefits for Your Business

Meet your duty under the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999
Chartered-level advice at a fraction of an in-house salary
Someone who already knows your business when something goes wrong

Insurers and clients satisfied that competent advice is in place
Keep pace with legislative change without tracking it yourself
Predictable cost rather than crisis-driven consultancy fees

Coverage

Areas We Cover in Leicester

We provide competent person services throughout Leicester and the surrounding area, including:

Leicester City Centre
Beaumont Leys
Belgrave
Braunstone
Evington
Highfields
Knighton
Oadby
Wigston
Glenfield
Birstall
Thurmaston

“Integral Health and safety Consultants have been undertaking H&S audits for the past twelve months on one of our large value developments. They have dealt with various issues that we have had very quickly using minimal hassle to us. Their Site Visits are weekly and their paperwork is always prompt. We would recommend Integral Health and safety consultants to any business that wants a reliable and professional company to take care of their health and safety issues.”

Mick Starkey S & S Contracting Ltd

Questions

Competent Person Services in Leicester: Your Questions

We have someone internal who handles health and safety. Is that enough?

It can be, provided they genuinely have the training, knowledge and experience for your risks, and the time to do it. The regulations do prefer an internal appointment where a suitably competent person exists. The problem we see is the role being added to somebody's job without either training or time, which satisfies nobody if it is ever tested.

What does the appointment actually involve day to day?

For most Leicester clients it means advice by phone or email whenever something comes up, a periodic site visit, keeping the policy and risk assessments current as the business changes, and being available if there is an incident or an inspection. It is deliberately low friction; you should not have to think about it until you need it.

Can you act as our competent person in Leicester?

Yes. We act as the appointed competent person for businesses throughout Leicester and the surrounding area, which typically means advice on call, periodic site visits, and keeping your policy and risk assessments current as your business changes.

Is appointing a competent person actually a legal requirement?

Yes. Regulation 7 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 requires every employer to appoint one or more competent persons to assist in complying with their health and safety duties. The regulations express a preference for appointing someone from within your own organisation where a suitably competent person exists, but for most smaller businesses an external appointment is the realistic route.

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