Safety expert launches new consultancy

A North East health and safety specialist is striking out on her own with a new consultancy designed to support businesses across the region.

Alluvia, founded by workplace safety expert Emma Williams, will offer pragmatic, tailored risk management support to organisations of all sizes. 

The Northumberland-based consultancy will provide services spanning safety strategy, employee engagement, training delivery, leadership support and wider compliance.

Emma brings more than a decade of industry experience, having worked in the further education sector and with major regional employers including Northumbrian Water and Northern Powergrid. 

After retraining following an engineering degree, she went on to achieve the NEBOSH National Diploma and Chartered membership of the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health.

Emma said: “To be properly effective, health and safety has to be much more than simply a tick box exercise.

“It needs to be something that staff at every level of a business understand and actively buy into if it’s going to have the positive impact on business culture and operations that it should.

“Our aim is to help to build safer, healthier workplaces by delivering tailored, practical solutions that enhance employee wellbeing, strengthen safety culture and enable employers to excel when meeting their health and safety responsibilities.”

Alluvia has already secured its first wave of clients across construction, renewable energy and the public sector, with plans to expand its reach as demand for specialist risk management continues to grow.

Emma added: “The hands-on experience I’ve had in a number of industry roles gives me a clear insight into how the required outcomes can be realised, and my aim is to work in partnership with clients to help them achieve their workplace safety objectives.

“I knew the market demand would be there for the advice and services Alluvia is providing, but it’s nevertheless very pleasing to see things taking off so quickly.

“It’s also rewarding to see the advice and guidance I’m providing to my clients directly leading to the sort of positive outcomes that they require and to taking control of my own future by running my own business.”

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