Professional Services Showcase

Realise HR are a multi-disciplinary HR Consultancy based in Carlisle, Cumbria, who support businesses to boost their company performance by focusing on people and culture. Since launch in 2016, Realise has been helping clients deliver their goals with amazing people who are engaged and performing at their best, offering straightforward and no-nonsense HR solutions. Realise now operates three divisions: SME support for businesses requiring outsourced HR managed services, HR Consultancy supporting large organisations with people and culture related projects, and lastly our newest division, Recruitment, matching talent to great businesses across the HR, Management and Leadership space.

Not just THAT marketing agency.
We are an expert team of marketeers, thinkers and problem solvers who offer bespoke solutions to the challenges you face. We’re driven to seek out inspiring ways to engage your clients, seek new clients and grow you brand.

Indelible Data offers tailored cyber security services including Penetration Testing, Vulnerability Scanning, Cyber Essentials certification and Cyber Awareness Training.
While our clients include large multi-nationals such as AECOM and Anschutz, we also work with Trusted Partners across Cumbria and the UK to make high quality cyber security services accessible to small and micro companies.

Woodward SHE Ltd is a Cumbrian family led SME specialising in the delivery of accredited NEBOSH, IOSH and Highfield (HABC) training courses UK wide.

“We believe people should be safe at work”

We have been trying to make this simple statement a reality since we were founded by Tom (snr) way back in 1992. We are not about selling certificates or ticking boxes. We are a caring family firm with traditional Cumbrian values who want to give our learners the skills and knowledge to keep themselves, their colleagues, customers, contractors and others safe in the workplace.

We deliver classroom-based public / open courses at our venue in Workington here in Cumbria. We
also deliver “in-house” courses on client sites UK wide and have “Live Online” (by Zoom) and
eLearning course options available.

We are proud to be recognized as a NEBOSH Gold learning partner, the highest level available in the NEBOSH Learning Partner program. This program measures a learning partners performance against the programme’s principles, which represent global best practice in the provision of course tuition and support.

Our key NEBOSH and IOSH training products are:

IOSH Working Safely [1 day] course
IOSH Managing Safely® [3 day] course
IOSH Managing Safely Refresher [1 day] course
IOSH Leading Safely [1 day] course

NEBOSH HSE Certificate in Health and Safety Leadership Excellence (1 Day) course

NEBOSH National General Certificate In Occupational Safety And Health (10 day) course
NEBOSH Health and Safety Management in Construction [UK] (10 day) course
NEBOSH Certificate in Fire Safety (5 day) course
NEBOSH Environmental Management Certificate (5 day) course

NEBOSH National Diploma for Occupational Health and Safety Management Professionals (30 day)

For further details please don’t hesitate to contact us on:

Tel: (01900) 609175
E-mail: info@woodwardgroup.co.uk
Website: www.woodwardgroup.co.uk

Media/Content production - videography & photographic

Plain Purpose is a key partner for business growth and high performance. Following are some of the services we offer:
Facilitation – this includes strategy creation, action planning, problem solving and events
Culture – Is the culture in your organisation one that creates high performance? Is your workforce happy? Do you really know what your culture is like? We can work with you to identify your current culture and help improve it
Purpose – Purpose driven organisations are the highest performing. We can work with you to find your business or personal purpose.
Bid Support / Review / Authoring – We can help from independent review to authoring.
Social Impact – We are considered experts in Social Impact especially for Sellafield and the NDA estate. We can help your understanding of what you need to do to deliver meaningful social impact?
SME’S (Small Medium Enterprises) – If you are an SME we can help you with business development, business strategy and growth. If you are a larger organisation with the desire to work with SME’s we can help create your SME strategy against government requirements and help with introductions to those in the Nuclear Industry.
Nuclear Consultancy – Including nuclear strategy and intelligence
Business Development – Helping build relationships and win work within Sellafield and the supply chain
Supply Chain Engagement – Working with your supply chain to ensure you have the right company at the right time to deliver efficiently

Hospice at Home West Cumbria provides high quality, palliative and end of life care to people living in West Cumbria. We are the only provider of adult hospice services in this area. This means that all funds raised by local people help us to provide care for those in need within their own community.

We're here to help the brightest and best
We incubate, inspire and educate UK founders, startups and scaleups and help them to succeed and scale.
Barclays Eagle Labs provide a wealth of support to startup businesses, particularly those who are focused on technology and innovation. For those needing physical space we provide coworking and offices throughout the UK.

Based in Carlisle, we are a family run business, committed to helping organisations across Cumbria create a happier and healthier workforce through the provision of high quality Occupational Health services. We offer reliable, independent and tailormade services to businesses and organisations, regardless of sector or size. Working in partnership with our clients we provide clear and trusted advice, as well access to a range of services that help an organisation support the health and well-being of their staff. With a proven track record, our services enable companies to reduce absence costs, increase staff retention, improve productivity and increase profitability. Our bespoke and flexible service is tailored to the needs of your business ensuring costs are kept to a minimum while delivering high quality service with maximum results.

We work with over 500 clients from a wide range of sectors including local authorities, charitable organisations, schools, service industries, healthcare providers and manufacturing industries.

A Digital is an award-winning digital agency building bespoke websites and custom software to drive growth and transformation. With experience across a range of sectors, our products support business critical services and eCommerce to build brand awareness, grow sales and complement your internal processes.

Using a framework we’ve established called ‘Go the Distance’, we’ll plan your project from every angle to build a valuable asset that becomes a centrepiece for your digital activities.

Lakeland Capabilities Ltd is an occupational psychology consultancy that specialises in helping organisations to ensure they maximise the value their people can bring. Using a range of psychology assessment and development tools we help businesses to develop and retain a workforce of engaged and high performing individuals and teams.

Photography and media creation company based in west Cumbria

The Centre for Leadership Performance is a not-for-profit leadership development company based
in Cockermouth, working to support and develop Cumbria’s leaders for today and
tomorrow. For more than a decade we have collaborated with educators, businesses,
and young people to cocreate, develop and deliver programmes that nurture
aspirations, ignite ambitions and enhance leadership capability by providing an
inclusive ladder of lifelong learning opportunities from Primary to Retirement.
Our place-based longitudinal approach enables us to connect young people,
businesses and educators, facilitating connections and conversations and
providing opportunities to learn together and from each other. We believe that
better leadership equals better lives for the people of Cumbria and are a
committed small team working to ensure that leadership is seen as a quality
that serves everyone throughout their lives. Working with us enables us to
invest our surplus revenues back into empowering and providing our amazing
young people across Cumbria with everyday leadership opportunities, ensuring
their voices heard and listened to.

Inspira works to connect people with education and employers.

Our mission is to empower young people and adults to help them reach their potential in life, work and society

Our mission is to enhance your business using best-in-class technology and provide comprehensive IT support and services, which will enable you to focus on your business goals. We are Cyber Essentials Plus certified, and our technical team can support you to achieve Cyber Essentials for your business. We are a Microsoft modern workplace partner and can provide a 24/7 security operations centre, with security monitoring and support to ensure your systems and network are secure day and night. Functioning as 'Your IT department', we also offer leading IT consultancy and project management services to businesses of all sizes and sectors.

Soft skills for tough jobs. Leadership, culture and behaviour change so that people thrive and teams perform.

I offer HR Solutions including bespoke support for your workforce/people issues, Employment legislation compliance for your organisation, leadership & management development, absence management, performance management, contract reviews with guided coaching through the processes. Learning and Development for your workforce either 1 to 1 or group settings. I am a qualified People Professional with over 25 years of experience of working within the Civil Service, Private, Public, Education & Voluntary sectors.

Educational Services

Covering Industrial, Commercial and General Public for Consumables offering over 30,00 product lines, Stores Management Service, Vending, Tool repair, and hire plus Janitorial services.

Prima Uno provide programme management, cost consultancy, project controls, dispute resolution, programme audit / interrogation and associated specialist consultancy services to public and private sector clients in the UK and around the world.

Adapt & Evolve Consultancy provides support to businesses that wish to reduce their sickness rates, improve their performance and help with good staff retention. Our services are straight forward, effective and bespoke. We have a unique approach to reducing staff sickness through our engaging evidence-based workshops on how stress affects the body, led by Dr Zoe Billings. These workshops are complimented by our work on leadership, team work, resilience, decision making and problem solving. We use our significant operational, tactical and strategic experience to support your staff to perform at their best, blending proven theory with demonstrable knowledge. Our 100% satisfaction rates show how our clients value our approach and recognise the financial, personal and performance benefits in assisting us in supporting your business.

Your partner for video production and visual communications services. Film | Video | Edit | Drone | Photo.

Performance and Productivity Improvement

We are a family run financial planning and mortgage practice based in Carlisle, Cumbria and working throughout the UK. Established in 1989 by Stan Sherlock, we advise a wide range of both individual and corporate clients.

We have more than 130 years of experience between our advisers and have helped clients in almost every situation. Our back-office administration support has over 60 years of combined service with Stan Sherlock Associates.

We use this experience, expertise and consistency to drive the best outcomes for our clients, time after time.

Our aim is to work with you through your full financial lifecycle; be that from the purchase of your first house, to when you move home or are looking for the right deal when remortgaging. We help you protect your income, loved ones and assets should the worst happen. Then when the time comes, we will help you invest your money for the future, working with you to try to ensure that your income will be sustainable post retirement.

Our personal approach to your financial situation ensures that we are recommended time and again to friends and family.

Whitehaven Harbour Commissioners are a not-for-profit organisation, safely managing and maintaining Whitehaven Harbour, and its environs, for the benefit of all.

We also own The Rum Story, a visitor attraction which is committed to preserving the heritage of the Jefferson family business and telling the story of Whitehaven’s role in the rum trade. We can arrange a Guide for pre-booked group visits and we have meeting rooms and other community spaces available for hire.

LOCALiQ is a multi-channel digital marketing agency; specialising in local marketing and helping businesses grow. We would like to show case our services including print, video and digital marketing including SEO and Facebook.

TEG Virtual CIC provides bespoke 1-1 business support to new and struggling businesses in Cumbria.
Our team has expertise with retail, hospitality, finance, brand development, marketing and business plans.
We hold a free monthly traders market in Whitehaven to coach our start up businesses and give them a shop window to sell their products and services.

The BidBase provides work winning solutions: helping organisations secure more work!



The BidBase team represents over 40 years’ experience in articulating customer greatness through sales, marketing, bid writing and operational delivery in the construction, engineering and energy sectors.



Although based in the North of England, an international service is provided for customers in maximising work winning rates, increasing revenue and profit, and providing support from initial pipeline management to final contract negotiations. 



Strategic management and targeted bidding make the most efficient use of bid budgets, allowing more bidding work, and to drive a higher probability of winning. Integrating to supplement customer teams during peak workloads also minimises internal overhead costs.



The bid services portfolio broadly offers support in marketing, sales and qualification, tendering and delivery. Specifically, this includes opportunity and pipeline development, production of bid strategies and win themes, bid writing and editing, bid management, production of bid procedures, staged bid review processes, technical services support, and bid training.



The promotional services portfolio covers creation of design-led, professional material to differentiate customers from their competitors by elevating and showcasing organisational capabilities. Specifically, this includes company branding development, digital design, photography and videography, and digital marketing including social media management.



The specialist services portfolio includes development of sustainability strategies - accounting for environmental, social, and economic impacts – to nationally recognised standards that afford long-term benefit to local communities. Carbon management strategies, reporting techniques, and measurements also assist in reducing customers’ carbon footprint in materials and operations.

Discover the unique expertise of Judgement Index UK Ltd, a specialised consultancy dedicated to evaluating the intrinsic value-based qualities and performance capacities of individuals and teams. Using our online assessment tool, our comprehensive reports delve into crucial aspects such as wellbeing, risk, and compliance capacity, making it an indispensable resource across the nuclear sector for both hiring support and personal/team development.

At the forefront of our 2023/2024 initiatives is the nationwide rollout of Human Performance (HuP) workshops, as well as an Advanced HuP course tailored for supervisors and management, honing in on key facets like leadership, effective communication, and the cultivation of a high-performance culture. Against the backdrop of prevailing industry trends, our workshops address themes such as wellbeing, communication, and team cohesion, ensuring that our clients stay ahead in fostering a thriving and resilient workforce.

Camerton Consultants Limited provides commercial support for organisations looking to increase sales based upon a portfolio of contacts over 45 yesrs. Especially local SMEs

All Together Cumbria is a community interest company investing in providing the people of Cumbria with opportunities and access to employment. All Together Cumbria delivers recruitment in a meaningful way, operating a recruitment desk, working with recruitment agency partners to fill your vacancies whilst generating revenues for re-investment in skills and employability programmes. These programmes not only provide opportunities for individuals, but also enable businesses to develop a more sustainable local workforce whilst delivering social impact.

We are a charity organisation providing expert Philanthropy Services for businesses and individuals looking to give something back to their community. Through our donors we can provide financial help to community groups across the county supporting vulnerable residents and local causes. We manage everything from applications , distributing grants and monitoring outcomes. Our research means we can advise and focus support on those most in need to ensure our donors are helping the communities and causes they care about.

Armstrong Watson Accountants, Business and Financial Advisers.
We offer a range of tailored advice and services to businesses in Cumbria including audit, accounting, cloud accounting, tax planning, business advisory and financial planning across a number of business sectors including Family Business, Agriculture, Hospitality & Tourism, Energy & Renewables, Legal Sector, Manufacturing and Property & Construction.

Dodd & Co Chartered Accountants provide specialist tax and accountancy advice to clients in the professional services sector around the UK.

32West is Cumbria's largest PR, Marketing and Communications agency, with three bases in the county and two further afield in Newcastle and Lancashire.

CBASS is a trusted "One Stop" solution for Business Advisory Services.
In an ever-evolving digital business landscape, our purpose is to foster authentic human connections by promoting and creating collaborative environments.
At CBASS we are dedicated to informing, educating and guiding both existing and aspiring business leaders to empower them to unlock their full potential and achieve remarkable success.
If you want to know more about CBASS, pop along to our stand.

Training provider in apprenticeships, commercial and funded training schemes.

Health, Safety, Environmental and Quality professional services to help businesses to reach their improvement and growth aspirations.

Marsh Commercial

From insurance, to risk management and employee health and benefits*, it’s our passion to advise, protect and support you on your journey. We’ll invest the time and energy to understand you and your business. By focusing on your unique needs, we’ll tailor advice and support in a simple, solution focused way that works for you. We are committed to delivering trusted expertise and insight to UK sole traders, independents and growing corporates - all with a personal touch.

• While part of a world-leading insurance group, we’re proud to be a community broker, with offices throughout the UK, including four in Cumbria.
• We provide world-class expertise with a personal touch.
• Providing insurance and risk management solutions for a wide range of sectors across the UK.

Contact: Louise Gardham, Tel. 07385482588

*Provided by our sister company Mercer.

Marsh Commercial is a trading name of Marsh Ltd. Marsh Ltd is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority for General Insurance Distribution and Credit Broking (Firm Reference No. 307511). Copyright © 2023 Marsh Ltd. Registered in England and Wales Number: 1507274, Registered office: 1 Tower Place West, Tower Place, London EC3R 5BU. All rights reserved.
A business of Marsh McLennan

Stork Technical Services UK Ltd (a FLUOR Company) has over 30 years of experience delivering Professional Services for Construction and Manufacturing project scopes across multiple business sectors including Nuclear, Oil & Gas, Refining and Renewables. Headquartered in Aberdeen, with operational bases and offices located in Cumbria, Immingham Humberside, Wilton Teesside, Hinkley Point and Southport. Stork UK delivers Multi-skilled On-site teams services across a variety of sectors providing Quality Inspection Services including 3rd Party Assessment, NDT Inspection including Radiography & Phased Array, Heat Treatment Solutions, HVAC supply and Onsite duct and pipe installation.

Our ultimate goal is to be the one unified partner that lifts businesses to the next level with passionate, skilled people and empowering those people with the confidence to utilise their skills to create a career. We have deep industry knowledge and years of experience which enables us to ‘place’ passionate, skilled people into roles that help the business and the candidates to grow and succeed.

Will is a photographer and videographer with 15 years of experience committing the beating heart of Cumbrian business to digital imagery.