It’s been a busy few weeks here at COMET, our team has been to different countries for industry events and client visits, we hired some great new talent, carried out many training sessions and even rallied for some good causes. It’s been a busy start to the summer here at COMET, take a look at what our team has been up to.

COMET Training

At COMET, we help organisations build risk intelligence and resilience through tailored investigation and leadership training, as well as specialist support services. Our team works closely with clients to design and deliver sustainable learning programmes that go beyond one-off events, embedding long-term capability and strengthening safety culture from within, here’s a look at some of this in action.

  • Our Head of Learning and Development, Craig Smith, delivered 18 training courses in June, reaching a total of eight of our valued clients. These clients span five different industries, with the training ranging from COMET software sessions to our specialised "Safety First" course, designed specifically to address safety challenges in ports.
  • Natalia Peisert, Learning and Development Delivery visited Forth Ports in Tilbury and Grangemouth Lead to deliver Safety Culture. The training explored human limitations, behavioural safety, and the impact of everyday choices.

Learn about COMET for Ports here

‍COMET on the move

It’s been a very busy period for events here, from speaking slots to membership events and awards we’ve had a great time travelling all over the world to meet with current and future clients and partners. Here’s a look at where we have been:

  • IADC World Drilling 2025 Conference & Exhibition
    Mark and Paul attended the IADCConference in Amsterdam, discussing the COMET Suite and its applications forthe drilling sector. This was COMET’s second IADC event this year after joiningand marks the start of another great membership.
  • TOC Europe, Rotterdam
    Mark, and Brenda (Marketing Manager) travelled to Rotterdam where Mark had been asked to participate in a panel titled “Investing in Safety Innovation” at TOC Europe. He shared the stage with Steve Price (Safetytech Accelerator) and Max Doyle (Doyle Shipping Group).
    During the three day event we were kindly welcomed to join Port Skills and Safety (PSS) at their stand in the Safety Village, giving us the opportunity to discuss the partnership we have built and all the great benefits we offer to PSS members.
    Learn more about COMET x PSS here
  • AirportsUK Operations Conference, Manchester
    A busy month for Mark, after TOC he ventured down to Manchester with Chief Operating Officer Steve Holmes for this year’s Operations Conference. The     conference theme was Protect, Adapt, and Recover – Resilient Airports. Our focus? Helping airports identify and act on past, present, and future risks with clarity and consistency. It was our first event exhibiting with AirportsUK and was a great event with some great new contacts made.
  • Future Oil & Gas Conference, Aberdeen
    CIO Douglas Leith explored how AI is shaping the safety and performance roadmap in oil and gas. We were proud to see that COMET’s direction on AI-powered insight was well aligned with the future needs discussed throughout the event.
  • WINE (Women in New Energy)
    ‍    The women of COMET were delighted to represent at W.I.N.E in Aberdeen. Bethany, Natalia, Kavya, and Prash hosted the COMET stand. The event tackled intersectionality, inclusive leadership, and career development in the energy transition, with speakers from all over the world delivering their perspectives.
  • PSS Members’ Conference
    Steve Holmes attended the PSS conference and spoke to UK port leaders about the power of collaborative learning, and how COMET is helping members eliminate repeat failures by joining the dots across investigations, audits, and culture.

Other noticeable events

It’s definitely been a busy few weeks, Paul also attended the OEUK Safety Awards, meeting new connections in the aviation and energy organisations. Meanwhile, Natalia attended the ECITB Provider Forum in Manchester, joining fellow training providers to explore how AI, data, and evolving skills needs are shaping the future of workforce development across high-risk industries.

Supporting Good Causes

  • Our CFO Steve Mitchell cycled 150 miles around the North East of Scotland as part of the ‘Kick the Ball campaign’, helping raise funds for the UCAN Charity SURE Unit. This initiative aims to fast-track urological cancer diagnosis, reducing wait times from months to days. We are very proud of Steve for taking part, so far the cycle has raised over £20,000!
  • Brenda was recognised by Robert Gordon University for her mentorship and contribution to student-led marketing campaigns through COMET. We value the opportunity to support future professionals while gaining fresh perspectives in return. As our relationship with RGU continues to grow, we are excited to see what comes next.
  • The team came to the office armed with teddy bears for the AberNecessities ‘Teddy Bear Picnic’. The local charity, who do great work in our local area encouraged companies to host the event, and we couldn’t say no. We hope that they find great new homes with those who need.

Driving Innovation, Globally

COMET had a fantastic week in Chicago with implementation partner Arcadis, progressing exciting opportunities to integrate COMET into some of the world’s most advanced EHS digital systems.

These collaborations are helping clients take their incident prevention strategies further by using AI-assisted, human-led solutions built on real domain expertise.

Welcome to the Team!

In July, COMET was delighted to welcome two new team members. Viki joined COMET as a Marketing Graduate and Adam joined our sales team as a Sales Development Representative.

Click here to learn more about Adam and Viki

Looking Ahead

It has been an incredible start to the summer for us at COMET. As always, we're proud to be part of the conversations shaping the future of safety, and even prouder to be working with clients and partners who share that same commitment.

Stay tuned for more updates and stories from across the team in the months ahead.