Your legal obligation
What the law requires from freelance consultants
Freelance consultants operate across every sector of the economy, and the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 applies to all of them. Whether your consultancy is strategic, operational, technical, or advisory, the legal obligations of a self employed sole trader apply to your business in the same way they apply to any other. || If you work from your own premises or home office, you are required to have a risk assessment in place for that environment. If clients visit your premises, fire safety documentation is a legal requirement. Your electrical equipment must be maintained safely. Any incidents that occur during the course of your work must be recorded. || Beyond legal compliance, corporate clients increasingly include health and safety requirements in supplier due diligence and procurement processes. Many public sector contracts and framework agreements require evidence of health and safety management as a condition of engagement. Having documentation in place before you are asked for it can be the difference between winning and losing a contract.
The real problem
Clients are increasingly asking to see your compliance documentation
A growing number of freelance consultants are finding that health and safety compliance is becoming part of the commercial landscape, not just the legal one. Procurement teams at larger organisations, public sector bodies, and regulated industries are routinely requesting compliance documentation from freelance suppliers before contracts are signed. || The challenge for most freelance consultants is not understanding that compliance matters - it is finding the time to produce documentation that meets the standard expected. A generic template that has been partially filled in and does not reflect your actual working environment will not satisfy a procurement manager who reviews compliance documentation professionally. || CompliantDocs generates five completed documents from your answers about your consulting business and working setup. Specific, completed, professional - and delivered in minutes.
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The honest time cost of producing compliance documentation that will stand up to scrutiny. Most freelance consultants who attempt this themselves discover it takes significantly longer than expected - and the result is still a document that may not reflect their actual working environment correctly. For £29.99, we produce everything for you in minutes.