FEATURE
ASK THE BOSS: ALYN FRANKLIN
Q: HOW HAS ALCUMUS MANAGED WORKING THROUGH THE COVID-19 LOCKDOWN AS A BUSINESS?
▶AF: There’s no doubt overall economic, social and mental health impacts have been far sharper than expected. Isolation and concerns over job security cannot be underestimated in this current climate. To keep the business going our teams are working remotely and safely from home. This has meant, like all businesses, we have had to become more flexible in our processes and more creative with our technology.
To help keep morale up, we have been holding video calls with our teams, monitoring wellbeing, and supporting people closely where needed. It’s crucial to remain in contact with your staff during this time and we’re very fortunate to have HR experts on hand such as our PSM consultants to help with new working from home, wellbeing and security issues. This has helped our business and employees stay healthy.
Q: WHAT IS ALCUMUS DOING TO SUPPORT ITS CLIENTS THROUGHOUT THIS CRISIS?
Tomorrow’s Health & Safety spoke to Alcumus CEO Alyn Franklin about the impact the international pandemic has had on the company’s way of working, and what measures it’s put in place to support clients returning to their workplace.
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▶AF:We are providing the clear guidance needed for all aspects of managing the coronavirus in line with the biohazard governance, including the procurement, use and disposal of the correct PPE and RPE. Since the beginning of this crisis our key focuses have been advising clients on: supporting employees outside of the workplace; creating a safe physical working environment for eligible employees to be able to return to; establishing a secure supply chain; increasing exposure to new clients; and demonstrating their resilience for the future.
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We work with around 40,000 clients all with unique challenges, so we have had to adapt and offer creative solutions across our business, to best do this, we have been utilising our technology to ensure operations are continuous. For example, our certifications solutions team at ISOQAR has carried out over 550 remote audits since lockdown started. This has allowed businesses to continue to operate without compromising employee safety, ultimately helping them to survive and thrive.
Our software platforms such as Info Exchange are monitoring staff safety in all work situations, helping to keep an overview of health and wellbeing. We employ chemists and toxicologists in our COSHH management team at Sypol who have helped create a series of downloadable risk assessments for frontline and key workers, helping to keep people safe. We also utilised our SafeContractor database to connect suppliers and contractors with organisations that need them most, such as the NHS.
Q: WHAT IS IT YOUR CLIENTS WANT MOST FROM YOU?
▶AF:With the easing of lockdown guidelines, the economy will begin to re-start. We will focus on guiding companies back to a position where they can open safely and profitably.
We have seen some critical construction sites remaining in operation, and we see many more of those to come back on stream in the next few weeks. I expect those manufacturing plants that have
been closed during the lockdown to fire up and begin operations again.
It is not just a question of pressing the button and expecting everything to return to normal. Any working site, factory or office, needs to be ready to
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