Our Story

The Envesca Story

Back in 1996, in a small home office in Gloucester, Envesca was born. Sue and Simon Ellis created the business to deliver first-class food hygiene training.

With a vision of championing a safe and healthy environment and determined to build a company renowned for its exceptional customer service. They set about creating a business that offered customers a positive learning environment. In addition, they created learning that engaged, inspired, and encouraged candidates and delivered outstanding results. Today it’s these same principles that underpin everything Envesca does.

Our Guarantee To You

Customer satisfaction is our number one priority at Envesca.

If you, or a member of your team attends a course or enrols onto one of our eLearning courses and we do not deliver everything we promise, then we will refund every penny of your money. You have our promise.

Our Promise

We promise to make every Envesca experience outstanding.
We do this by:

Placing you at the heart of everything we do, treating you in a professional, friendly and caring manner.

Maintaining our integrity by delivering everything we promise with honesty, efficiency and reliability.

Championing a safe and healthy environment for the world in which we live and work.

Ensuring you remain up to date and competent by sharing our expertise, knowledge and skills with you.

Creating a positive learning environment that engages, inspires and encourages everyone involved and that delivers outstanding results.

Encouraging and supporting the continual learning and development of our team to ensure their skills and knowledge are constantly updated.

Providing the highest quality service by meeting your individual needs with accuracy, flexibility and consistency

Earning your respect and confidence by constantly exceeding your expectations.

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Awards and Accolades

Chartered Institute of Environmental Health Best Training Centre 2 years running

Citizen & Gloucestershire Echo Business Awards Small Business of the Year Finalist

CIEH Best Food Safety and Best Health and Safety Trainers 2 years running

Highfield’s Top Student Award Level 4 Food Safety for Manufacturing 2025

Highfield’s Top Student Award Level 4 Food Safety for Manufacturing 2023

Highfield’s Top Student Award for Level 4 Food Safety in Catering 2021

The Best Of’s Most Loved UK Business
voted by our customers

Finalist – Gloucestershire Business Women

of the Year 2017

We are proud to announce that we have been awarded the 2025 Highfield Top Student Award for Highfield’s Level 4 Award in Food Safety in Manufacturing, recognising outstanding academic excellence and professional commitment.

This prestigious award was presented to Liliana Moraru of Pixley Berries, whose exceptional performance exemplifies dedication to the highest standards of food safety within manufacturing.

Highfield Qualifications are proud to honour this exceptional achievement, the Top Student Award highlights the calibre of candidates supported by Envesca. Congratulations to Liliana on this well-deserved accomplishment, which stands as an inspiration to food manufacturing professionals committed to safeguarding quality, compliance, and public health.

The 2023 Highfield Level 4 Award in Food Safety for Manufacturing has been awarded to Harriet Raggett from Prep World, who achieved an outstanding score of 93%. Harriet’s dedication and expertise in food safety have earned her this prestigious honour.

Highfield Qualifications reinstated their Top Student Award in 2021 to recognize exceptional performance in their popular qualifications. Harriet Raggett has emerged as the deserving recipient, showcasing her aptitude and commitment to completing the Highfield Level 4 Award in Food Safety for Manufacturing.

Congratulations to Harriet Raggett for her impressive achievement, which serves as an inspiration to aspiring professionals. Her exceptional score of 93% reflects her unwavering commitment to upholding the highest standards and ensuring public health in the food manufacturing sector.

Highfield Qualifications made the decision to reintroduce their prestigious Top Student Award in 2021, aiming to acknowledge exceptional academic achievement from April 2020 to March 2021. This recognition was specifically granted to students who attained the highest scores in three highly sought-after qualifications: the Highfield Level 4 Award in Managing Food Safety in Catering, the Highfield Level 4 Award in Food Safety Management for Manufacturing, and the Highfield Level 4 Award in HACCP for Management.

It is with great pleasure that we announce the outstanding performance of Hendrik Espach, a candidate from McDonald’s Restaurants Ltd. Hendrik’s remarkable dedication and expertise propelled him to achieve the highest mark in the Highfield Level 4 Award in Managing Food Safety in Catering, where he attained an astounding 95% on his exam.

We extend our heartfelt congratulations to Hendrik Espach for this remarkable accomplishment. His exceptional score not only demonstrates his remarkable aptitude but also serves as a testament to his unwavering commitment to upholding the highest standards in food safety management within the catering sector.

Being a Top 1% member means that we have made a commitment to be the best in our industry and we are working with the Top 1% team to continuously improve in order to remain the best.

We’ve made a commitment to support our local community, set the highest standards in how we go about our business, treat our staff well and actively develop them and serve our customers in a way that we ourselves would want to be served.

Our customers can therefore be confident they are dealing with the best of the best.

Awarding Bodies

IOSH are the world’s biggest professional health and safety membership organisation, they are the voice of the profession, campaigning on issues that affect millions of working people.

Highfield Qualifications are the UK’s leading awarding organisation for compliance qualifications and is recognised by Ofqual, the Welsh Government and SQA. Their qualifications cover a wide range of subjects.

Qualsafe is the UK’s largest Awarding Organisation for First Aid. With over 10 years of experience, they have a thorough understanding of what training companies need from an Awarding Organisation.

The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) is one of the UK’s leading awarding body for vocational qualifications in food safety, health and safety and environmental protection.