OMS recently celebrated their silver jubilee in style with a luncheon hosted by founder and MD Clive Ormerod. Invited to the lunch were guests from the past and present, people who’ve had a positive impact on the success of OMS, family members and of course the OMS team.
25 years ago, OMS started life as a consultancy business where Clive offered the skills he had acquired in the engineering and construction sectors to businesses who needed to access his level of expertise.
Now a quarter of a century later OMS had a phenomenal birthday party allowing Clive to say ‘thank you’ to the team, clients, suppliers, and strategic partners in the room. During his speech Clive highlighted: “Going back to February 1998 it was all about me, over the years things have changed and it’s not about me anymore because we’ve built up a fantastic team. On behalf of OMS I would like to thank everyone who came along to celebrate with us.”
During their lunch celebration, people from strategic partnerships, valued suppliers, their very first OMS client and many customers attended. Here’s what some of them had to say about celebrating with OMS.
“Having trusted partners to deliver the NEBOSH training courses is paramount, OMS have long been one such partner. The team at OMS have always focused on putting the customer first and this is proven with 25 successful years in business. Happy birthday OMS,” said Ian Cooke Head of Corporate & Consumer Services – NEBOSH.
Managing Director of TMS Consultancy & Non-Executive Director – Xrail Group, John Jenkins says: “From little acorns – Clive and I first met in London Underground around 1995 and we forged a good friendship that lasts today. Together we implemented a competency-based ISO 9001 quality system for a team of engineers undertaking very complex safety critical work. It was the first of its type in London Underground and we achieved certification upon first assessment.
“The MD of Lloyds Register at the time personally congratulated us at the time and asked if we could discuss the detail with him as he wanted to implement something similar for Lloyds. A great start. I am very pleased that Clive has very successfully grown OMS from a one-person focus, through a family concern and into the internationally recognised and award-winning company it is today. This is all down to Clive and Allison’s drive, focus and life balance (something we all forget when success beckons).”
Carol Baker of ECA, Excellence in Electrotechnical and Engineering Services, says: “We send our Midlands based members to OMS for training and there is always positive feedback from every attendee for every course they go on. It was wonderful to celebrate 25 years of the business today and I enjoyed our lunch!”
“OMS have been our preferred Health and Safety consultants and HR advisor for over 15 years and continue to support our employees with advice and training. We are especially grateful for the support and innovation during the pandemic, to ensure that the MMS business could continue to work safely, whilst supporting our employees at work throughout lockdown. This support has been fundamental to the overall success of MMS since 2005 and I would have no hesitation in recommending their services,” said Andrew Pitchford, Managing Director of Midland Management Services Ltd.
Definitely a way to celebrate 25 years in business as everyone looks forward to the next 25 years and the impact that has on the ways of delivering training to businesses across the Midlands and further afield.
