FEATURE
SEARCH AND EMPLOY
Ever wished there was a matchmaking service for EHS consultants and businesses that need help? Thanks to one entrepreneurial consultant, there is now. Tanita Cross finds out more.
Industry leaders often lament the difficulty of sharing key health and safety knowledge with small businesses. Lack of human and financial resources mean smaller companies can miss out on the latest best practice and advice on health and safety issues. On the other side of the fence, health and safety consultants have the expertise but smaller outfits lack the marketing clout to reach those most in need of their services.
After 16 years of watching this vicious circle continue to spin without an end in sight, James Clayton decided to take matters into his own hands. His determination to solve this problem culminated in the launch of EHS Rated earlier this year.
Inspired by Rated People, a web platform that puts consumers in touch with local tradesmen, James wanted to create an online marketplace for environment, health and safety consultants to make it easier for businesses of all sizes to
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source help on EHS matters – and to provide a cost-effective means for consultants to advertise their services to a keen audience.
“THERE IS A NEED FOR BUSINESSES TO SOURCE HELP AND COMPETENT SUPPORT AND THAT’S ONLY
GOING TO INCREASE.” James Clayton, Founder of EHS Rated
The beauty of EHS Rated lies in its simplicity. Consultants pay a small fee to list their services on the website and wait for businesses to find them. Companies in need of an EHS consultant post the details of the job, specify how many quotes they’d like to receive and wait for willing and able consultants to get in touch.
But why launch such a service now?
Partly instigated by Lord Young’s review in 2013, there have been a number of studies in recent years which pointed towards dissatisfaction within government and industry about health and safety. The culmination of these reports was the Deregulation Bill, which gained Royal Assent on 26th March 2015.
However, as James pointed out: “What was interesting from my point of view was that there was nothing really wrong with health and safety legislation. The issue was how people were interpreting it, how organisations were interpreting it and in the support they were getting from experts.”
During this period of scrutiny, James noted: “Consultants were criticised for providing inappropriate health and safety advice that was disproportionate in order to make work for themselves – that was a source of frustration for businesses.
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