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Consulting & technical support

Expertise. Support.
Technical mentoring.

Technical mentoring, interim cover, additional expertise as part of your technical team, or regular retained consulting. We work with you to understand your risks and deliver the support your business needs.

Support can be on site, project-based or ongoing. Across manufacturing, retail and food service, the arrangement is shaped around your team and priorities.

01 / YOUR TECHNICAL TEAM

Interim & team support

Experienced technical support to provide cover, add capacity or work alongside your existing team.

  • Interim technical placements
  • Support as part of your technical team
  • Delivery of defined technical projects
  • Practical advice and implementation support
02 / REGULAR CONSULTING

Weekly, monthly or quarterly support

Retained consultancy providing food safety and legality advice and assistance as required. Ideal for small to medium-sized food businesses that do not need a full-time technical manager, or simply need additional expertise.

  • Weekly, monthly or quarterly consulting
  • Site reviews and risk-based priorities
  • Action planning and progress reviews
  • Technical and hygiene advice
  • Support with recurring or emerging issues
03 / SYSTEMS & COMPLIANCE

Develop. Implement. Improve.

Food safety and quality systems developed around your products, processes and customer requirements.

  • Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP)
  • Vulnerability Assessment and Critical Control Points (VACCP) for food fraud
  • Threat Assessment and Critical Control Points (TACCP) for food defence
  • Food Safety Management Systems (FSMS), procedures and records
  • Supplier approval, allergen management and traceability
  • Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) and prerequisite programmes (PRPs)
  • BRCGS, SALSA and retailer compliance
  • Training and implementation support

Technical mentoring

Build confidence.
Develop your expertise.

Ongoing mentoring for technical managers and team members, with practical guidance grounded in the challenges of food businesses.

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A sounding board for technical decisions

Work through food safety issues, risk assessments, audit findings and competing priorities with an experienced independent perspective.

Support as responsibilities grow

Develop technical understanding, confidence and the ability to challenge controls, communicate findings and turn requirements into practical action.

Guidance connected to your work

Mentoring can form part of retained consulting, support alongside your team or a dedicated arrangement shaped around individual development needs.

Practical work, across the business

From the production floor
to the technical system.

Our work brings together detailed investigation, direct site observation, data review and practical implementation. These are some of the areas we support.

Hygiene & environmental controls

Turn findings into stronger hygiene assurance

Post-clean inspections, cleaning schedule and method reviews, environmental monitoring trends and verification in High Risk and High Care operations.

Investigations & traceability

Follow the evidence through the supply chain

Product and microbiological investigations, batch and distribution traceability, temperature data review and assessment of outstanding evidence.

Systems & site practices

Connect procedures with what happens on site

Review of start-up checks, labelling and coding, allergen management, rework, supplier approval and the consistency of operating instructions.

People & implementation

Help teams understand and apply the requirements

Supplier and site training, practical scenarios, competency reviews and clear action plans with defined ownership and evidence for completion.

Start with your priorities

What does your business
need to move forward?

Interim technical cover, support alongside your team, a supplier audit programme, a system to develop or a risk to understand. Tell us where you need help and we can discuss the right approach.

Discuss your project