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Services

We offer five core regulatory services:

  • Primary Authority – assured advice and partnership coordination

  • Training – bespoke compliance and regulatory engagement programmes

  • Regulatory Insights – horizon scanning and policy impact analysis

  • Trading Standards & Technical Legislation – interpretation and practical application of complex legal requirements

  • Sustainability & Product Compliance – support with green claims, batteries regulation (EU 1542) and timber due diligence

  • Primary Authority

Primary Authority is a means for businesses to receive assured and tailored advice on meeting environmental health, trading standards or fire safety regulations through a single point of contact.

Primary Authority enables businesses to receive assured and tailored advice on environmental health, trading standards or fire safety through a single Local Authority partnership.

We support both businesses and co-ordinators (including trade associations and franchisors) at every stage of the journey:

  • Guiding you through the application process

  • Identifying the most appropriate Local Authority partner

  • Defining the scope and strategic purpose of your partnership

  • Engaging members or sites to embed Primary Authority into operations

  • Conducting ongoing reviews to maximise value from the scheme

Whether you’re a start-up seeking certainty or a national operator standardising compliance, we ensure your partnership delivers measurable benefits.

  • Training

We support businesses and regulators in giving their teams and colleagues the necessary background and knowledge they need to grasp the complex regulatory requirements in any given sector.

We provide bespoke training for regulated businesses and regulators, ensuring that compliance is understood and applied consistently in practice.

Our programmes cover:

  • Primary Authority operations and governance

  • Effective engagement between regulators and business

  • Risk-based decision-making and consistency principles

  • Building internal compliance culture and accountability structures

Training can be delivered in person or online — tailored for boards, leadership teams, operational staff or enforcement officers.

  • Regulatory Insights

Our number one priority here at DSL Consulting is to support businesses as they navigate their way through what can often be a complex regulatory landscape.

Staying ahead of regulatory change is as important as meeting today’s requirements.

We provide:

  • Horizon scanning of emerging regulatory frameworks

  • Policy analysis and impact briefings for leadership teams

  • Compliance strategies aligned to future enforcement priorities

  • Regular commentary via the DSL Consulting Blog, helping clients anticipate and adapt

  • Trading Standards & Technical Legislation

We interpret complex legislation and translate it into practical requirements, helping businesses understand their legal obligations, develop compliant processes and engage confidently with regulators on technical or enforcement matters.

Interpreting legislation is more than reading the rules — it’s understanding how they are applied in practice.

With direct experience in technical authoring, including serving as Technical Author for PAS 7770, we support organisations in:

  • Navigating complex and evolving regulatory requirements

  • Developing internal guidance or technical specifications

  • Translating regulatory language into operational processes

  • Engaging constructively with national regulators and policy bodies

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“We have used David successfully to establish a PA partnership on behalf of the business, David has ensured this partnership gives both credibility to our overall regulatory compliance as well as giving us assurance that our product/processes are robust. He is often creative with the solutions provided, which has given us assurance but more importantly a USP in an often crowded CBD sector.   
More broadly David has an excellent knowledge of the local authority and national regulator networks and how best to approach a particular issue, he has introduced us to a whole world we hardly knew existed and his knowledge of the “ways of working” and the politics operating in such an environment has been invaluable … I would recommend David to any other business, indeed I have introduced him to a number of our existing clients and contacts already…….” 
Mark Tucker CEO TTS Pharma Ltd

David Lovell

Regulatory Consultant

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