Training

Our team of specialist consultants deliver environment and safety legislation training to help you and your team stay on top of the main UK legal requirements you need to know.

Our training sessions cover key legislation and explain why it exists, what it says, and what you need to do to comply.​

These sessions are bespoke to your business and are delivered online. You’ll need a minimum of five participants to take part, which is ideal for bringing your team on the compliance journey and helping them to understand their responsibilities.

Stay on top of ever-changing legislation, refresh your knowledge, and empower your teams to operate safely and effectively.

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Educate and empower your team
Understand how changes to legislation may affect your organisation
Earn valuable CPD hours

Training courses

Refresh Course: Environment

These half-day courses cover all the main legal requirements you need to know within environment. We’ll go through the legislation explaining why it exists, what it says and what you need to do to comply.

Choose from Northern Ireland only or England, Scotland and Wales combined, in two separate courses tailored to the country requirements.

These courses are available online and require a minimum of 5 attendees.

Topics may include:

  • Permitting
  • Waste management
  • Energy efficiency
  • Carbon emissions controls
  • F-Gas equipment
  • Hazardous substances

Environmental Manager Support

Our knowledgeable consultant will take you through the key elements of ISO 14001 and any legislation that you need to know about.

They will also cover how organisations can use it to manage their environmental impacts and deliver environmental improvement and sustainability.

This course is suitable for all levels of knowledge, whether you’re new to being an environmental manager or have just been given responsibility for your company’s management system.

Refresh Course: Safety

These half-day courses cover all the main legal requirements you need to know within safety. We’ll go through the legislation explaining why it exists, what it says and what you need to do to comply.

Choose from Northern Ireland only or England, Scotland and Wales combined, in two separate courses tailored to the country requirements.

These courses are available online and require a minimum of 5 attendees.

Topics may include:

  • Managing health and safety
  • Welfare in the working environment
  • Buildings and premises
  • Work equipment
  • Work activities
  • Hazardous substances

Safety Manager Support

Our knowledgeable consultant will take you through the key elements of ISO 45001, all the legislation you need to know.

It will also explore how organisations can use ISO 45001 to manage their safety risks and deliver improvements and well-being. You’ll also learn the role of an internal and external safety audit and how it relates to your management system.

This course is suitable for all levels of knowledge, whether you’re a new safety manager or have just been given responsibility for your company’s management system.

💡 Do you have a bespoke training requirement for you and your team?

Get in touch today and we can talk you through some options available.

If you’re interested in learning more about our informative training courses, fill out the form below and a member of our team will be in touch:

Aspects & Impacts Registers

The Barbour Consultancy team offers a bespoke build of an Aspects and Impacts Register in order to achieve ISO 14001.

Do you have ISO 14001 in place already, or you’re working towards it? You’ll need to identify the aspects associated with your activities, products, and services that you can control and which could impact the environment.

Our expert consultants will work with you to understand what is needed to create your Aspects and Impacts Register while cross-referencing the applicable legislation and aspects. They will then be added to the legal register to ensure it’s all in one place, making it easy to understand and manage.

We also offer an additional managed updates service where we keep your Aspects and Impacts Register up to date for you. We review and update your register up to 3 times per year and send you the newly updated version with every change highlighted, explaining how these changes will affect you.

Aspects and Impacts
Receive a bespoke Aspects & Impacts Register tailored to your business
Assist in achieving and maintaining your ISO 14001 accreditation
Save time by using one of expert consultants to ensure compliance
Already have a register that’s been built by our team?

Get in touch today and we’ll talk you through our Managed Updates service.

If you need help building your Aspects and Impacts Register, or are interested in our Managed Updates service, fill out the form below and a member of our team will be in touch:

Bespoke Legal Registers

The Barbour bespoke Legal Register build and additional managed updates service enables you to work with our specialist consultants on a one-to-one basis, providing a tailored consultancy solution that will support your business needs. 

Our expert team can produce a bespoke legal register tailored specifically to your business and assist you in achieving your ISO 45001 and 14001 accreditation. We will work with you to understand what is needed to create your Legal Register whilst cross-referencing the relevant legislation and explain why it’s relevant to you.

We also offer an additional managed updates service where we keep your Legal Register up to date for you. We review and update your register up to 3 times per year and send you the newly updated version with every change highlighted, explaining how these changes will affect you.

Receive a bespoke Legal Register tailored to your business requirements
Supports you in achieving your ISO 45001 and 14001 accreditation
Keep your employees safe and business compliant
Already have a register that’s been built by our team?

Get in touch today and we’ll talk you through our Managed Updates service.

The process:

Scoping

We’ll send you a short assessment. This will ask you for some key information that will allow us to scope the project.

Setting dates

Once everything is agreed, we’ll book a date for an initial telephone assessment and further actions necessary.

Your Legal Compliance Obligations Register

Once we’ve gathered all of the information we need from you, we’ll build your bespoke legal register. This will contain:

•    A draft of your Legal Compliance Obligations Register

•    A Compliance Action Plan which assists you in managing any identified noncompliances noted during the project

•    A Registered Revision Tracker which contains questions for you to answer

Understanding your register

Each entry in your register will contain a link to the corresponding summary of that entry in our Consolidated service. This summary pulls all amendments for that piece of legislation into one document, showing you how the law stands today. No need to trawl through all the amendments and then piece them together yourself – we’ve done the hard work for you. It also means your register is not full of amending documents; it can focus on what it needs to do.

💡 We are the only information provider that consolidates legislation and amendments in this way.

Managed Update Service

We have an additional Managed Update Service which you can choose to add on. Through this service, we’ll keep your register maintained throughout the year. We’ll also provide you with a Register Revision Tracker that will make you aware of future new and amended legislation that may affect your business. This keeps you ahead of changes before they happen.

Our method is well-established, rigorous, and respected by auditors.
If you need help building your Legal Register for your ISO accreditation or are interested in our Managed Updates service, fill out the form below, and a member of our team will be in touch:

Planning

The Barbour Consolidated Planning module contains legislation and guidance on town planning and land use, providing everything you need to help you get to grips with the complex planning system.

We guide you through all the legislation that underpins the planning system in England and Wales. We consolidate it by combining all changes, amendments and revocations into a single document so you can easily see the law as it stands today. We also highlight any changes so that you don’t miss a thing. This is accompanied by simplified and plain-English summaries that tell you what it all means to help you understand what you need to do.

Understand the town planning process, ensure developments are done correctly from the very beginning, and potentially avoid costly planning enforcements and project delays.

Get to grips with the complex planning system
Understand how to protect listed buildings and conservation areas
Avoid costly planning enforcement action
Topics covered in the Consolidated Planning module include:

▸ Ancient Monuments
▸ Applications & Appeals
▸ Building Control
▸ Building Use Classes
▸ Compulsory Purchase
▸ Development Control

▸ Environmental Impact Assessment
▸ General Permitted Development
▸ Land Compensation
▸ Listed Buildings & Conservation Areas
▸ Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NISPs)
▸ Planning Hazardous Substances

Key Features:
» Legislation Overviews

We provide an overview of key pieces of legislation to help you quickly decide if it applies to you.

» Legislation Summaries

You’ll get a plain-English summary that simplifies the legislation and enables you to understand the details. We highlight any updates and changes to make them easy to find.

» Consolidated Legislation

We bring all amendments into the original legislation so that you have the full picture and are always looking at the law as it stands.

» Related document links

When you’re looking at legislation, you’ll see current guidance and any other legislation that relates to it at the bottom of each page. These will be linked so you can easily move between the documents.

» Favourites

Save documents to your Favourites so that you can keep track of any changes or updates. We colour code everything and use simple icons to help you see what’s new and anything that has changed.

» Topic-led filtering

We enable you to filter by topic, then by region for ease of use. You’ll quickly find the key issues and legislation you’re looking for.

» Retained EU Law

Filter any EU legislation to see what has and hasn’t been retained so you can quickly determine what has been affected by the Retained EU Law (Revocation & Reform) Act 2023.

» On Horizon

Use our horizon-scanning tool to see what’s coming up in the future to help you plan for your business activities and be prepared.

» Monthly Email Bulletins

We send you a monthly bulletin to keep you up to date with any new or updated legislation, guidance, changes, and amendments.

» Legal helpdesk

Our team of legal expert writers are on hand to answer any queries you may have about legislation.

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💬 Got 30 minutes to spare?

To find out more about how a subscription to our Consolidated Planning service could support your organisation, fill out the form and a member of our team will be in touch.

 

Alternatively, you’re welcome to contact our friendly team directly:

✉ enquiries@barbour-ehs.com

📞 0845 711 4111

 

We’d love to show you around!

Environment

The Barbour Consolidated Environment module helps you to make sense of complex environmental legislation.

Our team of expert writers compile all of the legislation changes and amendments into one document, highlighting any changes and revocations. This makes it easy for you to understand what you’re looking at, why, and what you may need to do. We are the only information provider that consolidates legislation.

Supported by in-depth topic introductions, on-horizon scanning and favourites functionality, you can keep on top of ever-changing legislation and understand what you need to do to remain compliant.

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Ensure your operations are environmentally sustainable
Understand your organisation’s environmental compliance
Stay on top of complex and ever-changing legislation
Topics covered in the Consolidated Environment module include:

▸ Air Pollution
▸ Air Quality
▸ Biodiversity
▸ Climate Change
▸ Climate & Carbon Reporting
▸ Climate & Energy
▸ Contaminated Land
▸ Dangerous Substances
▸ Energy Efficiency
▸ Environmental Permitting
▸ Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS)

▸ Environmental Liability
▸ Energy & Environmental Management Systems
▸ Extended Producer Responsibility
▸ Hazardous Waste
▸ Implementing ISO 14001
▸ Net Zero
▸ Noise & Statutory Nuisance
▸ Pollution Prevention Control
▸ Waste Management
▸ Water Pollution
▸ Water Quality

Key Features:
» Legislation Overviews

We provide an overview of key pieces of legislation to help you quickly decide if it applies to you.

» Legislation Summaries

You’ll get a plain-English summary that simplifies the legislation and enables you to understand the details. We highlight any updates and changes to make them easy to find.

» Consolidated Legislation

We bring all amendments into the original legislation so that you have the full picture and are always looking at the law as it stands.

» Related document links

When you’re looking at legislation, you’ll see current guidance and any other legislation that relates to it at the bottom of each page. These will be linked so you can easily move between the documents.

» Favourites

Save documents to your Favourites so that you can keep track of any changes or updates. We colour code everything and use simple icons to help you see what’s new and anything that has changed.

» Topic-led filtering

We enable you to filter by topic, then by region for ease of use. You’ll quickly find the key issues and legislation you’re looking for.

» Retained EU Law

Filter any EU legislation to see what has and hasn’t been retained so you can quickly determine what has been affected by the Retained EU Law (Revocation & Reform) Act 2023.

» On Horizon

Use our horizon-scanning tool to see what’s coming up in the future to help you plan for your business activities and be prepared.

» Monthly Email Bulletins

We send you a monthly bulletin to keep you up to date with any new or updated legislation, guidance, changes, and amendments.

» Legal helpdesk

Our team of legal expert writers are on hand to answer any queries you may have about legislation.

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💬 Got 30 minutes to spare?

To find out more about how a subscription to our Consolidated Environment service could support your organisation, fill out the form and a member of our team will be in touch.

 

Alternatively, you’re welcome to contact our friendly team directly:

✉ enquiries@barbour-ehs.com

📞 0845 711 4111

 

We’d love to show you around!

Safety

The Barbour Consolidated Safety service helps you to understand key legislation and related safety guidance by cutting through the legal jargon.

Our portal does the legwork for you by combining current legislation with the most recent amendments and changes into one document, including all historic amendments and revocations.

We then provide plain-English summaries and legislation overviews, written by our in-house experts, to help you quickly identify what applies to you and what it means.

We also provide you with tools to help you track upcoming legislation, and if anything does change then we highlight them with colour coding and icons to help you instantly see what’s new.

We’re the only information provider that consolidates legislation in this way, saving you from spending valuable time trying to decipher the legalese.

Keep your employees safe
Help to achieve and maintain your ISO 45001 accreditation
Reduce your business risks
Topics covered in the Consolidated Safety service include:

▸ Building Safety
▸ Construction Design & Management (CDM)
▸ Corporate Manslaughter
▸ COSHH
▸ Display Screen Equipment (DSE)
▸ Fire Safety
▸ First-Aid
▸ Hazardous Materials
▸ Health Surveillance
▸ Legionella Testing

▸ Lifting Equipment
▸ Manual Handling
▸ Noise & Vibration
▸ Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
▸ RIDDOR
▸ Risk Assessments
▸ Working Time
▸ Workplace Safety
▸ Working at Height
▸ Work Equipment

Key features:
» Legislation Overviews

We provide an overview of key pieces of legislation to help you quickly decide if it applies to you.

» Legislation Summaries

You’ll get a plain-English summary that simplifies the legislation and enables you to understand the details. We highlight any updates and changes to make them easy to find.

» Consolidated Legislation

We bring all amendments into the original legislation so that you have the full picture and are always looking at the law as it stands.

» Related document links

When you’re looking at legislation, you’ll see current guidance and any other legislation that relates to it at the bottom of each page. These will be linked so you can easily move between the documents.

» Favourites

Save documents to your Favourites so that you can keep track of any changes or updates. We colour code everything and use simple icons to help you see what’s new and anything that has changed.

» Topic-led filtering

We enable you to filter by topic, then by region for ease of use. You’ll quickly find the key issues and legislation you’re looking for.

» Retained EU Law

Filter any EU legislation to see what has and hasn’t been retained so you can quickly determine what has been affected by the Retained EU Law (Revocation & Reform) Act 2023.

» On Horizon

Use our horizon-scanning tool to see what’s coming up in the future to help you plan for your business activities and be prepared.

» Monthly Email Bulletins

We send you a monthly bulletin to keep you up to date with any new or updated legislation, guidance, changes, revocations and amendments.

» Legal helpdesk

Our team of legal expert writers are on hand to answer any queries you may have about legislation.

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💬 Got 30 minutes to spare?

To find out more about how a subscription to our consolidated Safety service could support your organisation, fill out the form and a member of our team will be in touch.

 

Alternatively, you’re welcome to contact our friendly team directly:

✉ enquiries@barbour-ehs.com

📞 0845 711 4111

 

We’d love to show you around!

Comprehensive

Legislation, guidance, standards and comprehensive tools to master EHS compliance.

Access relevant guidance, legislation & standards in one place.

Our authoritative online library is updated daily and provides you with legislation, guidance, trade association publications and British and Irish Standards.

You can also create your legal registers from pre-populated templates, use our legislation and consultation diary to prepare for upcoming changes, and receive a weekly briefing containing industry news, updates and recent prosecutions.

If you bookmark any documents, you will receive an instant email alert if they are amended or superseded.

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Influence your company culture and communicate everyone’s responsibilities.

We provide ready-made and editable materials that communicate with all levels of your business.

Take advantage of toolbox talks, template policies, directors briefings, employee factsheets, editable weekly newsletters, eLearning and whiteboard videos to ensure that everyone understands their responsibilities and retains the information.

Take control of compliance and implement important frameworks.

We give you the tools to put important compliance frameworks in place for your business.

Our range of editable and downloadable resources includes legislation summaries, country quick facts, technical guides, gap analysis tools, model policies, risk assessments and checklists.

No more spending time researching, interpreting, writing and updating your own – simply download and use ours straight away.

🔎 Take a look around

We’ll give you an online tour of our Comprehensive service so you can see exactly how it will help you to master your organisation’s EHS compliance. All we need is 30 minutes of your time.

Our modules

Key features

» Legal Register Facility

Templates covering regional legislation by topic and the option to create bespoke legal registers. Add your own comments and level of importance and be alerted when legislation changes.

» Barbour Guides

A comprehensive overview of key topics including the legal requirements, key actions, and detailed information of how to do the job – not just how to comply with the law.

» Legislation Summaries

Clear, concise summaries that simplify important legislation and how it affects you. Add as comments against your legal register.

» Bookmarking Tool

Save your favourite documents and receive email updates as soon as they are amended or changed.

» Training Tools

Easy-to-read guides, handouts, PowerPoint presentations, videos, editable tools and ready-made training documents to train your teams and support culture change.

» Legislation and Consultation Updates

Advanced warning of what is coming out in future and alerts when it changes

» Document Library

Regional legislation and guidance from over 600 trusted and official industry sources. Filter down to what applies to you.

» Template risk assessments, forms and checklists

Use our templates to develop plans of action and maintain complete records

» ISO Gap Analysis

Certification gap analysis tools and systems support for 14001, 45001, 45003 and 50001

» Model Policies

Use our editable template model policies to save you time sourcing, interpreting, writing and updating your own.

» Weekly News

A round-up of prosecutions, news and newly published guidance, reports, legislation and consultations.

» Monthly Webinars

Keep your CPD up to date with regular webinars on legislative updates, industry guidance and best practice

» Supportive Account Management Team

We’re here to help you get the most out of the service

💬 Not sure which modules are right for your business?

Get in touch today and we’ll chat through your requirements to help you identify what would work best for your organisation.

Consultancy

Hands-on support with bespoke legal registers and training for your team.

A tailored build of your legal registers and aspects & impacts register to put you on the right track.

Our specialist consultancy team will build your bespoke legal register for your business. They will work with you to find the legislation that is relevant to your business and will detail why it’s relevant. An accompanying Compliance Action Plan will flag up any areas that you need to work on.

Each entry in your register will contain a link to the corresponding summary of that entry in our Consolidated service. This summary pulls all amendments for that piece of legislation into one document, showing you how the law stands today. No need to trawl through all the amendments and then piece them together yourself – we’ve done the hard work for you. It also means your register is not full of amending documents; it can focus on what it needs to do.

If you’re looking for an aspects & impacts register, we can help you identify the aspects associated with your activities, products and services that could impact the environment. We can then look at the risks and opportunities and produce a register that ties it all together.​

Taking the pressure off of updating your registers.

In addition to our legal register build service, you can choose to add on our Managed Update Service. Our consultants will update your legal register over the year to ensure it is as up to date as possible, freeing up your time and providing you with confidence in your register. This includes a Register Revision Tracker so that you can see what’s changed — you won’t miss a thing.

Ensure fresh and accurate knowledge of crucial compliance areas.

Our  training courses cover all the main legal requirements that you need to know within environment or safety. They are suitable for all levels of knowledge and are ideal for training your managers or simply refreshing your knowledge. From waste management and hazardous substances through to work equipment and premises, we’ve got you covered.

Our services

Find out more about our consultancy process and how it works
💬 To find out more about our bespoke Consultancy service, fill out the form below and a member of our team will be in touch:

Consolidated

Formerly Cedrec | Legislation with amendments, showing the law as it stands today.

A single source of truth for legislation with amendments.

Our Consolidated portal provides up-to-date UK legislation with the most recent changes wrapped into one document, including all historic amendments and revocations. This means that you’re always looking at the law as it stands today. We identify any changes for you with coloured icons and highlighted text so you always know what you’re looking at and why. We’re the only information provider that consolidates legislation in this way.

No need to interpret legal jargon. We tell you what you need to know.

We provide you with factual, simplified and plain-English breakdowns that tell you what the legislation means to help you understand what you need to do. This contains a short summary to understand the detail and any changes. We also pull together all of the relevant guidance documents, drafts, and consultations, as well as links to related legislation.

Easily find the exact information that you’re looking for and sense check its relevance.

Our Consolidated portal categorises legislation by topic, making it easier for you to find what you’re looking for. If you then find you have any questions about legislation, we have a team of legal expert writers who are on hand to help you out with your queries.

Our products

Key Features

» Legislation Overviews

We provide an overview of key pieces of legislation to help you quickly decide if it applies to you.

» Legislation Summaries

You’ll get a plain-English summary that simplifies the legislation and enables you to understand the details. We highlight any updates and changes to make them easy to find.

» Consolidated Legislation

We bring all amendments into the original legislation so that you have the full picture and are always looking at the law as it stands.

» Related document links

When you’re looking at legislation, you’ll see current guidance and any other legislation that relates to it at the bottom of each page. These will be linked so you can easily move between the documents.

» Favourites

Save documents to your Favourites so that you can keep track of any changes or updates. We colour code everything and use simple icons to help you see what’s new and anything that has changed.

» Topic-led filtering

We enable you to filter by topic, then by region for ease of use. You’ll quickly find the key issues and legislation you’re looking for.

» Retained EU Law

Filter any EU legislation to see what has and hasn’t been retained so you can quickly determine what has been affected by the Retained EU Law (Revocation & Reform) Act 2023.

» On Horizon

Use our horizon-scanning tool to see what’s coming up in the future to help you plan for your business activities and be prepared.

» Monthly Email Bulletins

We send you a monthly bulletin to keep you up to date with any new or updated legislation, guidance, changes, and amendments.

» Legal helpdesk

Our team of legal expert writers are on hand to answer any queries you may have about legislation.

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💬 To see how we can support your organisation with Barbour Consolidated, please fill out the form below and a member of our team will be in touch:

Offshore Safety

The Barbour Offshore Safety module provides access to guidance, information and legislation covering offshore safety.

We help to ensure compliance, awareness of industry changes and news and deliver access to knowledge on a vast array of topics.

Barbour brings together an extensive range of content in one easy-to-use location, while a variety of tools allow you to easily locate and manage content important to you.

Key publishers for this module include the HSE, Maritime and Coastguard Agency, Energy Institute, Step Change in Safety, Maritime Accident Investigation Branch and Renewables UK.

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Topics include:

  • Health and safety
  • Occupational health
  • Working time
  • Fire and explosion
  • Ageing and life extension of installations
  • Merchant shipping
  • Offshore installations
  • Renewable energy installations
  • Diving
  • Ships and shipping
  • Marine accident and investigation reports
  • Environmental considerations and information
  • Marine guidance and information notes and merchant shipping notices
To find out more about how a subscription to our Offshore Safety supplementary module could support your organisation, fill out the form below and a member of our team will be in touch:

Food Safety

The Barbour Food Safety module provides professionals with food safety responsibilities access to essential guidance, information and legislation.

This module has been designed specifically to help you ensure compliance, be up to date with industry changes, and easily source knowledge on a vast array of food safety topics and obligations.

Barbour brings together an extensive range of content in one easy-to-use location, while a variety of tools allow you to easily locate and manage content important to you.

Publishers for this module include Public Health England, HSE, Food Standards Agency, World Health Organisation, Food Standards Scotland, European Food Safety Authority, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and the Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations.

Food Safety

Topics include:

  • Food hygiene and safety
  • Food packaging
  • Food and nutrition labelling
  • Food standards, production and quality
  • Food allergies and intolerances
  • Nutrition, healthy eating and catering
  • Food law enforcement
  • Bacteria and viruses
  • Ingredients – guidance and standards
  • NUK, Irish and EU legislation governing all of these areas
To find out more about how a subscription to our Food Safety supplementary module could support your organisation, fill out the form below and a member of our team will be in touch:

British Standards

We have a long-standing partnership with BSI that enables us to bring you access to British Standards modules in a more cost-effective way to support your business – even if you aren’t a member.

British standards packages are available as part of your core Barbour subscription. These packages can include BSI, BS EN ISO, BS EN and PAS to suit your requirements depending on where you’re going and what you’re doing – you may even need several varieties!

British standards are incredibly important when it comes to maintaining compliance. Why not contact us today to see how we can compile a package to suit you?

Fill out the form below and we’ll be in touch with more information about our British standards package options.

Please note that you will need to have an existing subscription with one of our core Barbour modules in order to take advantage of our British standards packages.

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To find out more about our British Standards packages, fill out the form below and a member of our team will be in touch:
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