Everything DBIM does. And what it costs.
Every DBIM service, what it is designed to achieve and what it costs, brought together on one page. You can understand the likely investment before you pick up the phone.
DBIM is not VAT registered. No VAT is added to the prices shown on this page.
From a £120/month Advice Line through to complete £10,000–£30,000 integrated ISO implementation, the prices below are intended to let you understand the likely commitment before DBIM scopes the work with you.
From a clear compliance baseline to ongoing competent support.
Start with the level of involvement the business actually needs: a defined compliance review, competent advice, retained management support, project work or practical training. Prices and scope are set out below before you contact DBIM.
Know exactly where the gaps are.
Three days on site · scored report · prioritised action planDBIM scores 162 questions across 22 sections: 103 against legal requirements and 59 against best practice. A 69-item document request goes out before the visit. The scored report and prioritised action plan are issued within five working days of the final site day, followed by a walkthrough call with the leadership team.
Competent Person Advice Line
Advice when you need it. Your business keeps ownership.Call or email when a health and safety question arises. DBIM responds within two working days, with a same-day callback following an incident. A one-day H&S Health Check is included each year. The Advice Line gives access to competent advice; it does not appoint DBIM as your competent person under Regulation 7.
Health & Safety Retainer
Every retainer tier includes the Advice Line and names DBIM in writing as your competent person under Regulation 7 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999. Each visit works through open actions, a site walk and a planned audit or risk-assessment review, with actions added directly to the shared register.
Quarterly site visit, Advice Line and one-day H&S Health Check every year.
One day on site every month, Advice Line and three-day QHSE Compliance Check every year.
Two days on site every month, Advice Line and annual three-day QHSE Compliance Check. Larger, multi-site or higher-risk operations can take up to four days a month.
Retainers renew for 12 months unless cancelled at least three months before the end of the term. Interim cover while recruiting uses the same tiers with a three-month minimum. Retainer clients pay £450/day for work outside the retainer, with toolbox talks and inductions included.
Health & Safety Project Work
£750/day · £450/day for retainer clientsRisk assessments, policies, safe systems of work, audits, incident investigations and other defined jobs are priced by the days required, then quoted as a fixed fee before work starts. Written acceptance of the proposal forms the agreement. One round of changes is included at sign-off. Urgent issues receive same-day phone advice and, where required, a site visit within two to three working days. Specialist fire risk assessments are referred to a fire assessor, with DBIM reviewing the report before it reaches you.
Training
Priced per session · up to 12 peoplePractical workplace training with certificates and a training register included. Retainer clients receive toolbox talks and inductions within the retainer and pay the published rate for courses. The first 40 miles of travel are included.
DBIM arranges IOSH-certificated courses through Eljay Risk Management, an IOSH-approved training partner. Tell us the course and number of delegates required and we will provide the partner's current price.
Choose the amount of support the business actually needs. Start with a compliance baseline, retain access to advice, appoint DBIM through a formal retainer where ongoing competent-person support is required, or scope a defined project when the requirement has a clear beginning and end.
Book a call →Understand the gap. Then build the system properly.
DBIM supports implementation of ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001, separately or as one integrated system. Start with the current position, define the work required and fix the implementation price before the main build begins.
DBIM prepares the business for certification by a UKAS-accredited certification body. We can help you choose the certification body, but DBIM does not certify your management system and does not attend your Stage 1 or Stage 2 audits.
ISO Gap Analysis
A clause-by-clause assessment of the system you already have before deciding what needs building or changing.
The review covers ISO 9001, ISO 14001 or ISO 45001 using DBIM's own assessment software, followed by a written report. Proceed with implementation within six months of the report and the gap-analysis fee is deducted from the implementation price. The first 40 miles of travel are included.
For ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certificates moving to the 2026 editions. DBIM checks the existing system against the changes and lists the work required before the certification body's transition audit.
ISO 9001 Implementation
Quality management systemBuild the quality management system to ISO 9001:2026, complete the first internal audit alongside DBIM, run management review, choose a certification body and close out Stage 1 or Stage 2 findings. Typical programme: 12–20 weeks from gap analysis to certificate recommendation.
Fixed after gap analysis £6,000–£10,000 Paid across four stages → 14001 EnvironmentISO 14001 Implementation
Environmental management systemBuild the environmental management system to ISO 14001:2026 around the organisation's actual aspects, impacts, compliance obligations and operational controls, with support through independent certification.
Standalone £4,000–£10,000 Around one-third when added to an ISO 9001 system → 45001 Occupational H&SISO 45001 Implementation
Health & safety management systemBuild the occupational health and safety management system to ISO 45001:2018 with Amendment 1:2024. The implementation follows the same core commercial approach as the ISO 9001 build. Regulation 7 competent-person cover sits outside the build fee.
Standalone £4,000–£10,000 Around one-third when added to an existing system →Integrated Management System
One document set. One audit programme. One management review.The final fee depends on the standards required, headcount, number of locations and the management arrangements already in place. Allow approximately 12–20 weeks from gap analysis to certificate recommendation. Once certification is achieved, Fractional HSEQ can provide ongoing system support.
Pre-audit reviews, internal audits, management review facilitation and nonconformity close-out for any ISO management system, whether DBIM built the system or not. Pre-audit reviews are normally one site day per standard, four to six weeks before the certification audit. Jobs are quoted as fixed fees.
Build enough system to control and improve the business, not simply to produce a set of ISO documents. DBIM supports implementation and certification readiness; the independent certification body remains responsible for the audit and certification decision.
Explore ISO consultancy →Senior QHSE support. Without a full-time hire.
For businesses that need more than health and safety advice alone. Fractional HSEQ brings health, safety, quality, environment and management-system oversight together in one part-time external role.
Fractional HSEQ is designed for SMEs that need regular senior-level ownership of QHSE priorities, compliance, management systems, audits, actions and improvement but do not need, or are not ready for, a full-time internal QHSE manager.
Active QHSE
A site visit every quarter, supported by the Advice Line, annual three-day QHSE Compliance Check and internal audit programme. Best where the business has capable internal managers but needs regular senior QHSE oversight.
Embedded QHSE
One day on site every month, with the same core QHSE foundation. For businesses that need consistent senior input into actions, standards, audits, management priorities and continual improvement.
Embedded Plus QHSE
Two days on site every month as the starting point. Additional days can be scoped for larger, multi-site or higher-complexity operations that need more regular external QHSE leadership.
Fractional HSEQ runs on a 12-month term and renews for a further 12 months unless cancelled at least three months before the end of the current term. The three-day QHSE Compliance Check is completed at the start of each yearly term, giving the next year's priorities a defined baseline.
Senior QHSE ownership is needed without creating a full-time post.
Quality, environment and health & safety need managing together.
Actions exist, but somebody needs to keep priorities moving and management engaged.
Fractional HSEQ sits between consultancy and employment. DBIM becomes a regular part of the management rhythm while the business keeps the flexibility of an external service rather than creating a full-time senior QHSE position.
Read about Fractional HSEQ →Develop the person behind the responsibility.
One-to-one coaching for the people expected to lead health, safety and operational performance. Sessions work with the real decisions, conversations and challenges happening in the coachee's own workplace.
One-to-one remote coaching sessions.
Structured around live workplace challenges.
Enough time to apply learning between sessions.
Progress visibility without turning coaching into reporting.
HSE Specialist Development Programme
For the person who inherited health & safety and now needs to lead it.Coaching is tied to the participant's real site and real workload, helping build confidence with priorities, risk, actions, influencing managers and developing a more structured approach to H&S.
Operational Leadership Programme
For supervisors and line managers balancing safety with production.Practical coaching around real leadership situations, including challenging unsafe shortcuts, running toolbox talks that land and making safety part of normal shift management rather than something separate from production.
Leadership Development Programme
For the leaders who decide what gets resourced and what the business rewards.One-to-one development for MDs, directors and senior leaders whose decisions shape priorities, accountability, culture and operational performance across the wider organisation.
Each programme is designed around a 12-month development journey, but there is no long fixed-term commitment. Coaching can be cancelled with one month's notice. This keeps the structure long enough to support development while giving the business flexibility if circumstances change.
Sessions connect development to current responsibilities and challenges.
The programme sponsor receives an appropriate progress update each quarter.
Development happens through using the learning in the actual role.
Coaching is not another classroom course. The purpose is to give people regular space to work through the situations they are actually responsible for, apply what they learn and become more capable in the role over time.
Read about coaching →Start with the environmental issue. Build the wider picture when you need it.
Environmental and sustainability support ranges from a single register or resource review through to carbon baselining, EcoVadis preparation, ESG readiness and responsible-business reporting. Start with the requirement that exists today rather than building a sustainability programme the business does not yet need.
Every environmental obligation that applies to the site, together with the owner, control, supporting evidence and review date.
Identify the environmental aspects associated with the operation, assess significance and establish where controls or improvement are required.
Review how materials and waste move through the operation to identify prevention, segregation, resource-efficiency and improvement opportunities.
Understand the footprint. Build the plan.
DBIM organises the data, builds the baseline and drafts the plan.Activity data is structured into a usable organisational baseline and Carbon Reduction Plan. The business remains responsible for approving, signing and publishing its plan.
Compliance-register upkeep, a half-day visit each quarter and practical environmental advice between visits.
EcoVadis Assessment Support
Readiness → evidence → improvement → questionnaireReadiness and evidence review, improvement actions, evidence mapping and practical support completing the questionnaire. The client submits the assessment and holds the EcoVadis subscription.
ESG Readiness Review
Two days focused on the business's current environmental, social and governance position, evidence and improvement priorities.
CSR or Annual Impact Report
Bring responsible-business activity, outcomes and evidence into a clear annual account of what the organisation has actually done.
Dan holds the NEBOSH Diploma in Environmental Management and previously led the EcoVadis submission that achieved a Gold rating while working as a QHSE Manager in manufacturing. DBIM is independent of EcoVadis and cannot guarantee an assessment score.
The first 40 miles of travel are included where applicable. Travel beyond that distance is added to the agreed quote before work begins.
Stop managing QHSE across disconnected spreadsheets.
Elostir is DBIM's own QHSE management software for businesses that want audits, evidence, actions and wider QHSE information in one controlled workspace. Pricing is per company, not per login.
Capture evidence. Score the audit. Track the action.
Built around practical QHSE management rather than generic task tracking.Carry out audits with evidence captured on site, create scored PDF reports, assign and follow up actions, and use the wider QHSE modules within the organisation's own workspace.
Work through the assessment on site.
Capture supporting evidence against findings.
Generate scored PDF audit output.
Assign, track and close improvement actions.
Audit module for businesses that primarily need structured audits, evidence capture, reporting and actions.
Full QHSE workspace for smaller teams.
QHSE workspace for growing SME operations.
Wider QHSE management for larger operational teams.
QHSE workspace for more complex organisations and larger workforces.
Company-wide QHSE management for larger operations.
Where headcount, sites or organisational complexity move beyond the standard bands, DBIM will agree the Elostir scope and monthly price before the workspace is set up.
Elostir is billed monthly and can be cancelled with one month's notice.
Setup and data migration work is quoted separately and agreed before the work starts.
Software should make QHSE work easier to see and follow up. Elostir brings audits, evidence, reports and actions into a single company workspace without charging separately for every person who needs access.
Book a demo →Built around businesses where QHSE has to work in practice.
DBIM primarily supports manufacturers, engineering firms and warehousing operations across Greater Manchester and the North West, with suitable ISO, project and consultancy work supported more widely across the UK.
DBIM is run by Dan Bower, with direct experience progressing from apprentice to QHSE management within chemicals and manufacturing. Professional credentials include CertIOSH, the NEBOSH Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety, the NEBOSH Diploma in Environmental Management and CQI/IRCA ISO 9001 Lead Auditor training.
Tell us what prompted the search. We'll point you to the right starting place.
You do not need to know whether the answer is a retainer, project, audit, management system or training programme before getting in touch. Start with the problem, requirement or deadline and DBIM can help identify the proportionate next step.
Start with the £2,100 QHSE Compliance Check.
Talk through Advice Line, retained H&S or Fractional HSEQ support.
Bring the requirement and DBIM can help establish what work is actually needed.
All prices shown on this page are exclusive of additional travel where stated. DBIM is not VAT registered, so VAT is not added to the published figures. Scope and any additional costs are agreed before work starts.
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