Ashlar Perfect Solutions: Who we are

Ashlar Perfect Solutions is a Yorkshire based training and consultancy company, with international experience, offering advice, mentoring and support to businesses to deliver increased safety and assurance through developing client capabilities.

The company is based in Wakefield and lead by Christopher Dix (Chartered Accountant) and Iain Dixon (Director) and is supported by a team of experienced Associates who bring expertise in training, mentoring and operational capability in:

• Investigations.
• Risk assessing and threat mitigation.
• Critical incident and crisis response.
• Security.
• Financial investigation.
• Cyber security.
• ISO standards.
• Human Resources management.
• Programme management. 

APS consultants are experienced and confident working in both low and high-risk environments, placing the needs and requirements of the client at the heart of all our training programmes. 

Our consultants bring the latest expertise to deliver cost effective, authentic, and sustainable solutions to support businesses mitigate their risks, meet their compliance standards, and help to create a learning environment through continuous personal development of staff.

We act with integrity and respect, and work with our clients, key partners, and stakeholders to bring enduring solutions, giving value for money. 

We deliver safe, sustainable change, unlock long term value, and make a real difference.

Our Values and Standards

Integrity – we always act honestly, in good faith and with a commitment to follow high moral principles.  We are individually and collectively accountable for our actions and committed to providing a service that is ethical, confidential, professional and transparent.  We are respectful of others and do not allow prejudice or bias to affect our judgement of clients and their staff.

Trust – being reliable and trustworthy is the foundation of our personal and business character.  We ensure we deliver what we say we will and seek to engender trust and confidence in our customers and partners.  Likewise, we have faith in others, respecting their integrity and ability to work with us to deliver our mutual objectives. 

Fidelity – we recognise that being loyal and remaining true to our word are key attributes in building confident, productive and long-lasting professional relationships.  We are realistic about what can be achieved and will endeavour to keep and deliver on our promises.  Being reliable, loyal, honest, and effective are fundamental qualities we promote and support.

Standards – we demand the highest standards of conduct and behaviour of our staff and will require that they adopt and conform to all organisational expectations set out in the Ashlar Perfect Solutions Code of Conduct.

Our Approach

Our fundamental purpose is to deliver the best products possible to meet the needs of our customers.  All our attitudes and behaviours are directed to achieving this.  We take time to listen to each customers requirements and work with them to develop high-quality bespoke services and solutions.

We take pride in ourselves and our company and direct our energy to bringing an excellent customer focused service.  As part of this we are true to our word, do what we say we will and take pride in what we do. 

Our Methodology

Our fundamental purpose is to deliver the best products possible to meet the needs of our customers.  All our attitudes and behaviours are directed to achieving this.  We take time to listen to each customers requirements and work with them to develop high-quality bespoke services and solutions.

We take pride in ourselves and our company and direct our energy to bringing an excellent customer focused service.  As part of this we are true to our word, do what we say we will and take pride in what we do.

We work closely with prospective clients and follow a proven methodology of:

1. Engagement and exploration.
2. Training product design and development.
3. Training delivery with bespoke pedagogy strategies to reinforce learning and development, which includes tabletop and practical exercises.
4. Post training mentoring, coaching and review, with continuous development of clients, including portfolio design and mentoring where desired.

Our Team

Our team brings significant breadth and depth of experience, with resilience and includes Health Safety specialists, Financial Investigators, criminal, HR and legal specialist investigators and advisors.  Several of our associates are former senior police officers who have substantial experience investigating a wide variety of crimes and incidents in UK ands abroad.  The team has experience of developing teaching, mentoring, and learning packages, and of working with national awarding bodies to deliver competency related programmes, and have significant experience in designing and delivering training programmes.

The team collectively have considerable expertise and experience of managing criminal and regulatory compliance investigations ranging from simple to complex matters both in UK and internationally.  These include incidents involving counter terrorism, serious and organised crime (including cyber-crime), Health & Safety breaches and investigations on behalf of HM Coroner, together with internal grievance, discipline, H&S and public complaint investigations. 

The police investigators also bring extensive experience of managing and training intelligence driven proactive and reactive investigations, and public safety events and critical incident management in high risk, multi-agency environments.  A number are Associates to HM Inspector of Constabulary, Fire & Rescue.

We also offer forensic accountancy and cyber investigations, ISO readiness and compliance assessment services, and legal support for tribunal, mediation and professional compromise.

We can deliver capacity and capability building expertise through training, advising, and assisting clients both in UK and internationally, and have significant experience of supporting the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and United Nations in fragile and conflict affected countries.

Vetting

APS’s Associates are each known personally to the company.  Many still hold or have held high level security vetting credentials with the UK Government, or are DBS checked. All are trustworthy, dependable and many have run their own companies.  They bring a level of assurance and trust that brings confidence and credibility to our programmes.