White Papers

20th October 2021

With COP26 in Glasgow due to start at the end of the month, the recent launch of the IWFM 2021 sustainability survey, the growing focus of climate action and with the continued extreme weather events we are experiencing around the World, sustainability is pushing COVID-19 in dominating the agenda currently.

23rd September 2021

As we move into a further new phase of COVID-19 pandemic management, organisations are focussed on establishing their best way forward.

9th September 2021

As well as a host of new risks and control measures to manage, during 2020/2021 we have also seen the longer-standing subject of Legionella come up on a regular basis.

18th August 2021

The additional focus on buildings over 2020/2021 has seen Workplace and Facilities Managers come to the fore, in keeping our properties safe - be it from COVID-19, fire, Legionella, ventilation and air quality perspective, to name but four.

9th July 2021

At the start of the year the Government, through MHCLG, published research evaluation of access to and use of buildings: Part M of the Building Regulations, specifically into:

3rd June 2021

This information is provided as a collaboration between Assurity Consulting and Greenwoods GRM LLP.

26th May 2021

In any organisation things don’t always go to plan, and managing these events, as and when they occur, is fundamental to successfully managing your ongoing health and safety.

13th May 2021

Facilities and workplace management has always been one of those professions where 50% of your time is spent dealing with issues that were never on the “to do” list.

7th May 2021

Think of the word 'biohazard' and for many the picture of a glass phial filled with a luminous liquid is what springs to mind.

14th April 2021

By virtue of the date of the regulations alone (The Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981), providing first-aid is not a new subject to organisations.

10th March 2021

Step 1 of the Government’s “roadmap to recovery” began this week with outdoor exercise/recreation permitted with one other person, and primary and secondary schools reopening, although, some schools have been open and operating with essential worker and other children since January 2021.

10th February 2021

The last year has had more than its fair share of bad news. Directly through the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, a greater focus on public health, has seen increases in the awareness and perception. Concerns over compliance, air quality, water quality and of course COVID-19 Secure have, rightly or wrongly, put our workplaces in the spotlight too.