The UK Health & Safety Market 2008

The Comercial Due Diligence Report

The definitive guide to the engine room for safety compliance

The health & safety market in the UK is much misunderstood, much maligned, and quietly building itself into the leading B2B services sector in the UK. Environmental consultancies, laboratory services businesses, accreditation and inspection teams, industrial conglomerates, insurers, publishers, trainers, institutes and software developers all want a piece of the action.  Increasingly health & safety services are supplied by specialists equipped to manage the long term risks.

The safety compliance market is one of the fastest growing in the UK currently. The impact and variety of new entrants to the market is staggering. The competitive dynamics of the market are changing fast at all levels.

The market is now well served at all levels with suppliers of all types. Major companies and public sector institutions increasingly outsource key specialisms while reinforcing their in-house expertise with software, publishing and training support. Large and medium sized companies increasingly have a good choice of supplier to enable them to offer clients services backed by safety and risk solutions as sound as their larger competitors. The SME sector has been one of the fastest growing in recent years with a specific business model proving very effective.

Services range from audits and assessments, training and policy drafting to full outsourcing. All industries now have specialist suppliers, and companies of all sizes are increasing their spend on safety compliance.

There are still winners and losers, however, and this Report shows why. Now in its fourth edition, this Market Report has been updated and revised to include a wider range of suppliers than ever before. In addition extensive research into the drivers for the industry have been charted.

Uniquely this Market Report analyses several key sectors including:

Specialist Consultancies: such as National Britannia, RPS, BES, Grosvenor, Tetra...

Inspection & Testing Specialists: such as TUV, Calbarrie, NECTA. ASTABEAB...

Certification Specialists: such as CMi, EFSIS, PAI, NICEIC...

Trainers: such as CHSS, NURS, BSC, Key, Messam & Rider and other specialists.

Publishers: such as Croner, Barbour, Technical Indexes/IHS.

Software Developers: such as Lexware, Business Safety Systems, F1, PSI, Warwick IC.

Institutes: such as ATAC, BSC, EEF, IoSH, NEBOSH.

Overall market segmentations are covered including:
The Market by Specialism:

Health & Safety, CoSHH, Asbestos, Construction/CDM, Fire, Food/Hygiene, Occupational health, Electrical Testing, Engineering and Environmental.

The Market by Client Size:
Blue chips, Public sector, LMEs and SMEs.

The Market by Solution Type:
Consultancy, Inspection & Testing, Certification, Training, Publishing, Software, Laboratories, Institutional services.

Ten Key Points Covered:

• How this market compares to other B2B service markets in growth and profitability rates.
• Strategic analysis and brick built projectsions by market sector to 2010.
• A services matrix comparing each supplier's coverage and their specialisms in detail.
• Clear market mapping of long term trends and relative market shares.
• Competitive analysis at industry, sector and inter-company levels.
• Long term financial trends for each sector and all key suppliers within it.
• Benchmarking data for sales, growth, profit and profitability from 1995 to 2010.
• Operational benchmarks for sales per employee, average employee cost and payroll as a percentage of sales since 1995.
• Difficult and often hidden information is estimated based on market benchmarks and trends.
• Detailed analysis of every M&A deal in this sector with benchmarks explained.

Five Reasons to Buy:

• Save Time - see all the competitors analysed in detail.
• Save Money - all the key accounts data is extracted since 1995, analysed and plotted.
• Benchmarking - see the facts on all key players in sales and operational benchmarks.
• Get the inside track on M&A benchmarks and valuations.
• See yourself as others see you - this is exactly the type of research used by banks and potential acquirers of businesses in this market.

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Safety Sample