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Running a construction business in the UK is one of the toughest health and safety challenges out there. Different projects, different sub-contractors, different site managers, different risks, and the same regulator with the same expectations across all of it. When things go wrong the consequences are serious.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has confirmed continued proactive construction inspections. Fee for Intervention is now charged at £188 per hour where material breaches are found. For any contractor, a weak site can quickly become an expensive problem across the whole business. This guide is for construction employers and health and safety managers in the UK who want to standardise safety procedures, staff training, and inspection evidence, and be ready when the inspector arrives. WT Consultancy supports construction businesses across the South West with CDM, retained H&S support, site audits, and training. We see the same pattern time and again. The businesses that pass inspections cleanly are not always the ones spending the most. They are the ones who have made construction safety management consistent, visible, and evidenced on site. A Dairy Farmer's Honest Conversation with a Health & Safety Consultant  Recently, one of our WT Consultancy consultants spent a morning on a mixed dairy farm in the South West with a new client, a third-generation farmer we'll call John. Between milking and moving stock, he pulled up a couple of feed buckets, made two mugs of tea, and did what a lot of farmers wish they had time to do, he asked the awkward questions about health and safety.
It was the kind of conversation we genuinely enjoy. Honest, practical, and grounded in the reality of running a working farm. With John's permission, we've written it up here, lightly tidied, because his questions are the ones we hear again and again from farm owners and health and safety managers across Devon, Cornwall, Somerset and Dorset. If you recognise yourself in any of his questions, you're not alone. A practical guide for UK farm owners and operations managers For UK farm owners and operations managers, regulatory inspections and assurance audits are no longer occasional events to worry about once a year. In 2026, with tighter HSE focus on agriculture, evolving assurance schemes (Red Tractor, LEAF, organic bodies), and continued scrutiny of machinery, chemicals and worker welfare, farming safety compliance has become an everyday operational discipline.
The good news: inspection readiness isn't about last-minute panic. It's about having the right systems, records, risk assessments, training and equipment checks in place so that when an inspector or auditor turns up, announced or not, your farm can demonstrate control quickly and calmly. This guide walks through what UK farms need to be ready in 2026, and where an experienced partner like WT Consultancy can take much of the weight off your shoulders. |
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