New service: Fire safety - Electric Vehicle Risk Assessment
If you are a large organisation offering your employees electric vehicle charging within your workplace car parks, do you have an Electric Vehicle risk assessment in place?
Lithium-ion batteries contained within electric vehicles can be subject to a process called 'thermal runaway', that can result in explosion or constant release of heat/smoke.
Latest Insights
‘Supervision’ as a health and safety control measure
1st November 2024
A safety control measure listed in a risk assessment as ‘supervision’ is something that I often see. Firstly, ‘supervision’ is dependent on human behaviour, so it is not a failsafe.
The Employment Rights Bill
11th October 2024
The much-awaited Employment Rights Bill was published on Thursday 10th October 2024. Was it what I was expecting after having read Labour’s Plan to Make Work Pay?
Sexual harassment in the workplace – new legal duty
8th October 2024
Following changes through the Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act, a new legal duty is being placed upon employers to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment of their workers, including by third parties.
Gas Safety Week 2024
13th September 2024
While natural gas consumption has been dropping in the UK (in 2023 63.5bn m³ used, as opposed to approx. 100bn m³ at the turn of the century, according to information from National Gas, “more than half a million businesses and 23 million homes” receive supplies from them.
Customer testimonials
"I’ve worked with Sophia at Assurity Consulting for a year at Tokio Marine Kiln and several years at a previous employer of mine. Throughout this time, the service provided has been excellent. The assessments and reports are always detailed, clear and expertly constructed. Her knowledge, professionalism and support are second to none."
William Bailey, Senior Facilities Coordinator, Tokio Marine Kiln
"The world of health and safety and legislation is changing so quickly and for myself and my team to keep up with best practice, regulation, and legislation is very difficult in this day and age. Assurity Consulting keep us on track, they keep us advised, they keep us up to date and I feel, as much as I can, confident that we are doing the right thing to be compliant with our health and safety management."
Nigel Dean, Head of Commercial Operations, Roffey Park Institute
"I can’t fault the service I get from my regular consultant or from the specialist services we use over our review cycle from Assurity Consulting. Assurity Plus 2.0, property compliance management software, is also a real help to our management of health and safety."
Anthony Leggett, Bursar, St Joseph's College