Alan Robson is managing Director of Innov8 Safety Solutions. He lives with his fiancée in Oxton, Wirral

6.30am: My usual wake-up time, unless I am in Manchester or London.

6.45am: Update my status and plans for the day on Linked In.

8am: Arrive at the office and straight into emails with client the Lake District National Park Authority. We have just completed a £1m project to build a large new jetty on Lake Windermere – get some great feedback and potential for more work with them.

9am: Time for a client meeting with a site visit to Canada Dock, in Liverpool, which is just one of the high-risk projects we have on site with repeat client Peel Ports. I am meeting with a project manager to discuss the current project and the workload for the next 12 months.

10.30am: In between meetings and calls to our web designer to provide news stories for our website, I catch up with our operations director, Jeremy Meredith, as we are like ships in the night sometimes. I also call a potential client to follow up a proposal we have submitted.

11am: Meeting with architect to discuss a high-profile project starting on site in Liverpool very soon. Agree our involvement and introduction to design team members. This one is looking very exciting for us.

12.30pm: Into the office to hold an operations meeting with colleague Gary Campbell, focusing purely on site safety services and how we can further improve our service offering. Our site safety services division has grown 200% over the last 12 months. We are constantly developing and improving the service, to ensure we add true value.

13.30pm: Try to fit in lunch while preparing Construction Design Management (CDM) project proposals for two new education schemes in Lancaster. CDM is our main business driver and education is one of our main target sectors for 2011, along with the public sector and commercial property.

We’re working with our marketing team at View Media to prepare case studies of previous jobs and testimonials to form part of the bid. Our proposals outline exactly what we will be doing, our credentials and the benefits we will bring to the project team.

3pm: Taking a call from a site safety services client who needs our immediate input into a tender submission for a high profile framework interview. This is a good example of how our day can change at short notice to service our clients’ needs and support their business.

3.30pm: Meeting with a developer in Manchester to discuss three new development sites and advise him on his duties under the CDM 2007 legislation. We deal with clients who are often unaware of their health and safety duties, working with them as key project advisors and effectively holding their hand through statutory requirements and assist in getting the project started.

5pm: Call team members to get an update on their day and confirm details for a presentation we are delivering to a group of architects this week.

5.30pm: Meeting with fellow sponsors of the Liverpool Property Club to discuss the success of the previous event and prepare for the next one.

6.30pm: Meeting with our operations director to take an architect and client for dinner in town. We are going to more and more dinners and networking events across the region to raise our profile and develop relationships and business leads. We definitely believe in working hard and playing hard.

10pm: Early night as I have a networking breakfast in Preston tomorrow – so it’s a 5.30am start.

We are working on projects across the North West and are also looking to expand nationally, so it’s a very busy time.