Testimonials
"An excellent event, encouraged conversation and debate with the sharing
of best practice across numerous sectors from industry."
Steve Woodward, Compliance Risk Manager, Cadbury Trebor Bassett
"Opportunity to capture and focus on the benefits that can enhance
business performance - through the collaborative knowledge sharing and facilitation
that the day delivered."
Tony Hanley, Director, Titan Fire & Security
"I was pleased to find that the Best Practice Exchange was an excellent
use of my time, and I would recommend them to all my colleagues from within
the H&S industry."
Rob Cooknell, Health, Safety and Environmental Manager, VW Group
"A valuable use of my time."
Joanne Doak, Compliance Manager, Diageo Global Supply
"I believe attending this event is well worthwhile, leaving the Health
and Safety Professional with a feeling of worthiness in being able to talk
with his her contemporaries at a level only the professional can relate
to."
Colin Beall, Deputy Chief Safety and Environment Officer, Royal Air Force
"The Best Practice Exchange is an excellent opportunity to meet other
H&S professionals. It is an excellent forum for the sharing of ideas."
Christopher Sawyer, Health and Safety Co-ordinator, BMI Three Shires Hospital
"A great way to hear about the issues that other professionals are
facing and the practical steps that they are taking."
Nick Anderson, Programme Development Director, TRL
"I went away with some good ideas to act on within my own company."
David Ridgway, Health and Safety Officer, Emirates
"Valuable use of my time."
Nick Wilson, Chartered Safety and Health Practitioner, Weightmans
"I didn't think I'd find the day very useful when I first saw the
list of delegates, as there was no-one from my industry. However, the discussion
groups were excellent, and showed that we face the same H&S challenges
in all our industries. Overall, a very useful day and reassuring to know
that lots of other people are facing challenges the same challenges as us
to get things right."
Hazel Bourne, Operations Manager, In House
"It's good to talk …"
Claire Oakes, Health and Safety Manager, Multibuild Limited
"An excellent networking tool."
Malcolm Lilburn, Logistics & Safety Manager, W.E.Dowds (Shipping) Limited
"An excellent opportunity to develop ideas and have open discussions
with fellow professionals from outside your own industry."
Peter Flynn, UK H&S Manager, Calderys UK Ltd
"To be able to hear new ideas, get renewed vigour and meet like-minded
people is a very good use of your time."
Steve Tupper, UK Health and Safety Manager, LogicaCMG
"I was very pleased to attend the workshop, which I found both useful
and informative. I will look forward to attending the next one!"
Tim Whelan, Managing Director, Castell Safety International Ltd
"Valuable networking and interaction at this conference."
Karen Kings, Health & Safety Manager, Cornwall & Isles of Scilly
Primary Care Trust
"An excellent forum for discussing the ever increasing issues relating
to Health and Safety. Enjoyed the diversity of the participants which included
the RAF, private car companies, NHS, Local and Central Government - all
dealing with H&S issues in very differing environments."
Jackie Turner, Health, Safety and Risk Manager, Govt Car and Despatch Agency
"This is an excellent forum to discuss H&S issues that affect
our workplaces often we are struggling to see how we can deal with issues
in isolation and this forum gives us the time to talk to other professionals
about how they tackled the same issue and also to give them ideas if they
are having problems."
David Chadwick, Health, Safety and Security Manager, Tribunals Service
"An excellent way to gain contacts and identify new ideas for the
workplace."
Brian Davies, Safety and Training Advisor, Zotefoams plc
"The Health & Safety Best Practice Exchange format, of formal
and informal sessions, is an excellent way to meet with ones peers and discuss
common issues. The facilitator led round table discussions are always beneficial,
as each participant has an equal opportunity to contribute."
Raymond Jackson, Company Health & Safety Manager, Katsouris Fresh Foods
Limited
"A very enjoyable day, I came away with some fantastic ideas that
I can use to improve the procedures and practices at all of my clients.
I was good to exchange ideas with people from a wide range of industry sectors."
Simon Robson, Senior Consultant, Mallett Quality Management Ltd
"An excellent day! A very useful investment of my time, it was a great
opportunity to gain new ideas and learn from other industries."
Joanne Doak, Compliance Manager, Diageo Global Supply, Belfast
"I would urge colleagues in the Public Sector to attend this event,
very worthwhile and gives an opportunity to demonstrate good practice and
develop solutions to challenging topics of the day."
Alan Gardner, Health and Safety Manager, Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
"A very enjoyable and useful day where the view points of other health
and safety professionals could be listened to and learnt from."
John Winter, ES&H Manager, Rail Link Engineering
"A well managed opportunity to discuss how other people handle safety
issues and take proven practical ideas back to your own workplace."
Patricia Metters, Health & Safety Adviser, Southampton City College
"A great place to learn and share H&S issues."
Jason Casey, Facilities Co-ordinator Wolters, Kluwer Health
"By discussing topics with people from other industries give a broader
view of the areas covered and leads to a better understanding."
Tony Gray, Health, Safety & Environmental Manager, Procare Building
Services Ltd
"Informative, refreshing and great to listen and talk to people who
understand."
Jonathan Young, H&S Officer, Lee Filters
"A good event, well organised and I made some excellent contacts."
Allan Waters, Group Health & Safety Officer, I.M.G.
"Overall a "day well spent" enabled me to identify some
our strengths and weaknesses and gave the opportunity to discuss directly
with others how they are tackling similar issues."
Kev Stevenson, SHE Manager, Kettleby Foods
"A useful, well organised day for keeping up to date on H&S issues."
Kerry Gwyther, Partner, Head of Regulatory, TLT Solicitors
"Interaction with like-minded people that enable you to come away
with ideas for your own workplace."
Colin Child, Health & Safety Manager Seaflame Company Limited
"A useful tool to help share and promote best practice, no matter
what field you work in."
Barry Grigg, Health and Safety Manager, Empire World Trade Ltd
"A useful day for receiving and exchanging ideas and best practices."
John Turner, EHS Manager, Colorcon Ltd
"The BPE allows me gain great ideas on implementing safety best practice
by proven experience not just interpreting legislation."
Nigel Bramble, Safety & Services Manager, Langmead Farms Ltd
"A good use of a busy Facilities Manager's time - you're not alone
out there!!"
Jackie Turner, Facilities Manager, Government Car and Dispatch Agency
"I would recommend this event to all health and safety professionals,
it provides opportunity to meet and discuss relevant issues with other members
of the profession and gain insight into what other direct assistance can
be provided by BSC and others."
Michael Cullern, Health, Safety and Environmental Manager, KPA Building
and Maintenance Specialists Ltd.
"This meeting helped me to share my expertise and to pick-up new ideas
and working methods."
Jan Verdam, Corporate Safety & Security Manager, Lamb Weston / Meijer
"An excellent advert for sharing best practice."
Gerry O'Brien, Supply Chain and Services Manager, Ingram Micro UK Ltd
"A very worthwhile event that delivers tangible benefits."
Frank Barton, Group HSE Manager, Severn Trent Laboratories Ltd
"An event well worth attending which provides an excellent platform
to meet and discuss H&S issues and share best practices with others."
Geoff McSweeney, EHS Site Co-ordinator, Cargill
"The roundtable format was very effective in stimulating debate on
topics of mutual interest."
Raymond Jackson, Company Health & Safety Manager, Katsouris Fresh Foods
"The event provided a very useful opportunity to assess our own H&S
performance against other organisations, and to exchange ideas on how to
improve H&S systems."
Patricia Ferne, Assistant Health & Safety Adviser, TRL Ltd
"I found this type of open meeting an enjoyable way of learning from
others."
Mike Fenton, HSEQ Global Lead Manager, Wellstream Limited
"The day is informative, relaxed and thought-provoking. It is a good
opportunity to meet and greet colleagues and to put faces to some names
I have previously only spoken over the phone with."
Nick Prescott, Health & Safety and Legislation Manager, Severn Trent
Water Ltd
"A very good event, wonderful opportunity to meet other professionals
and the discussion groups very useful for gaining insight as to how other
professionals approach the relative subject."
Janet MacKenzie, Environmental Compliance and Health & Safety Advisor,
SAIC
"I found the Exchange very useful and could recommend it wholeheartedly
to Health & Safety professionals."
Kevin Mullins, Quality & Health & Safety Manager, AGI Media Slough
"Provided me with a number of new ideas, and a chance to look more
closely into some of the Health and Safety issues that directly affect my
company."
Chris Powley, Facilities and Health and Safety Officer, AGI Solutions
"I thought the day was well planned and arrangements were excellent
throughout the day."
Robert Fanthom, Operations Director, ALBIS (UK) Ltd
"I was a bit apprehensive at first, but after meeting enthusiastic
presenters and attendees who were open and passionate about their work,
I felt very comfortable and found the experience most enjoyable and worthwhile."
Gary Owen, Health & Safety Manager, MBNA
"The Health and Safety Best Practice Exchange provides delegates with
a unique opportunity to gain the up to date views and strategies of the
HSE, gain up to date information in relation to forth coming legislation
from the BSC professional Team from an audit manager's perspective and a
gain a unique insight in to initiatives that are being implemented fellow
safety practitioners."
David Foster, Director HSE&Q Management, Enterprise plc
"Due to my heavy workload my time is precious and attending the Exchange
was definitely worth a 'day out'. I met lots of professionals with similar
problems to me and the sessions succeeded in enhancing my knowledge of working
at heights and the new Fire Order. Thank you for a brilliant day!"
Norma King, Area Safety Adviser, British Transport Police
"The calibre of speakers and personnel is second to none."
Noel Dilworth, Barrister, Henderson Chambers
"A day well spent."
David Kershaw, QA Manager Endress+Hauser
"The Health and Safety Best Practice Exchange proved to be excellent
event, a good use of my time and opened up various thought processes to
implement in the SHE management of the company."
Ian Rothwell, HSE Manager Costain Oil, Gas & Process Ltd
"Good forum for exchange of working practices and networking generally
with likeminded people."
Velda Lomas, Regional Health & Safety Officer, HMCS
"A very valuable day for discussing HSE issues with like-minded professionals."
John McAllister, HSEF Manager, Honeywell Turbo Technologies
"A useful day that helps to provide the next impetus for development
of our Health and Safety management."
David Graham, Business Excellence Coordinator Landis + Gyr UK Ltd
"I would recommend attendance at this event on an annual basis is
probably the most beneficial one day meeting to any HS professional."
Nigel Jones, Production Manager, Volac International Ltd
"Congratulations BSC - As a small business struggling with the demands
of Health & Safety, being able to tailor the priorities of my own day
and exchange ideas with the best in commerce and industry was fantastic"
Alan Preen, Managing Director, Powerplug
"This provided the opportunity to talk to Safety professionals in
a wide variety of industry and business, which will help me to ensure that
our students are aware of industry standards when they leave us."
Patricia Metters, Health & Safety Advisor, Southampton City College
"I found the BSC Health and Safety Best Practice Exchange a very helpful
forum for discussion with other professionals."
Peter Atkey, Operations Manager, DDRC
"It is a great opportunity to meet others, and the more you put into
planning the event up front, the more you will get out of it."
Neil Arthur, Site Manager, Henkel Loctite Limited
"This was an excellent and fruitful day to listen to experts in their
own fields, discuss and contribute own experiences, and come away with ideas
and proposals that really can make the difference to both the Health and
Safety culture in an organisation, and also to achieve concrete benefits
to the business. I will certainly contribute to the next one."
Michael Bates, Deputy Bursar, Charterhouse School
"A good day of robust opinion and new aspects on the world of Health
and safety"
Peter Lavin, Senior Health and Safety Officer, Eric Wright Civil Engineering
Ltd.
"An interesting day, which enables expertise to be given shared and
absorbed. Worthwhile experience."
Greg Haynes, Chairman, Fleet Support Group Ltd
"It is a valued experience, to get a viewpoint from the Managerial
side of Safety."
Damian Ibison, Area Safety Rep, Royal Mail
"This was a valuable arena in which to update yourself, contribute
and share ideas and network with peers."
Alan Gardner, Safety Manager, Oxleas NHS Trust
"The exchange provided a rare and very welcome opportunity to meet
others with a genuine interest in Health and Safety. In that respect, I
believe it accomplished all it set out to achieve. Well done!"
Steven Carr, Company Safety Officer, Fidelity Investments
"I would whole heartedly support the Best Practice Exchanges and endorse
the undoubted benefits accruing from them."
Grant Jenkins, HR Manager, Marylebone Cricket Club
"An excellent opportunity to meet with H & S practitioners from
a wide variety of industry and commerce."
Jackie Turner, Facilities Manager, Government Car & Despatch Agency
"It provided us with the opportunity to benchmark our Trust against
a number of non-NHS organisations."
John O'Donnell, Health and Safety/Fire Advisor, Swindon & Marlborough
NHS Trust
"Give it a go you will be surprised what you can get out of it."
Carole Lord, European Health & Safety Manager, Sunterra Europe Ltd
"The programme covered all aspects of Health & Safety with exchange
of relevant information & ideas. Very worthwhile and well organised.
"
Steve Hawes, Risk Management Advisor/Pathology Manager, BMI Shirley Oaks
Hospital
"A relaxed and well organised day with a broad range of topics that
must have provided a good learning experience for all - delegates and facilitators
alike!! "
Allan Appleyard, Corporate Health & Safety Adviser, North Somerset Council
"It was a worthwhile use of my day - I came away with 17 action points
for my organisation!"
Neil Jordan, Deputy Principal, Merton College
"A unique opportunity to meet peers and exchange information/experiences
in a friendly and enjoyable environment."
Barry O'Connor, Head of Facilities, adidas Centre
"Poor communication is one of the urgent items that needs addressing
in our industry particularly the sharing of best practice and this Exchange
greatly assisted the process by bringing together individuals from varying
backgrounds allowing knowledge to be shared."
Ian Neile, Technical Services Director, J B Leadbitter & Co Ltd