ACT Associates

ACT Associates is a long-established health, safety, and wellbeing specialist, founded in Stourbridge, West Midlands in 1991 by Managing Director Ian Coombes. With over three decades of experience, the company has built a strong reputation for combining training, consultancy, and audit services to help organisations create safer, more compliant workplaces.

Course specialisms cover the full NEBOSH range, from awards through to the National Diploma, as well as IOSH Managing Safely and Working Safely, CITB courses including SMSTS and SSSTS, CCNSG Safety Passport training, UKATA asbestos awareness, mental health first aid, and a broad selection of construction-focused short courses. Training is available via classroom, e-learning, and virtual formats, giving learners flexibility in how they study.

ACT Associates is accredited by City & Guilds, IOSH, CITB, ECITB, and UKATA, and holds Gold Standard Learning Partner status with NEBOSH, reflecting its long track record of quality delivery. Its consultancy and audit teams also draw on recognised standards such as ISO 45001, ISO 14001, and ISO 9001 to support businesses of all sizes.

Beyond training delivery, the company has a notable publishing history, having co-authored health and safety textbooks with RMS Publishing since the early 1990s.