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BS 5266-1:2025 adds a five-yearly photometric check to UK emergency lighting testing. Get the full schedule, from daily panel checks to annual three-hour tests, what the law expects of the responsible person, what a test log should record, and how to keep every site on track across a multi-site estate.

Landlords must have gas appliances checked every 12 months, keep each CP12 record for at least 2 years and give tenants a copy within 28 days. See who the duty covers, what the check includes, what happens when an appliance fails and how gas service businesses keep renewals on track across many sites.

A missed extinguisher service leaves faults undetected and gaps in your records. See the BS 5306-3 intervals for each extinguisher type, what the monthly check, annual service and extended service cover, who counts as a competent person, and how to keep servicing on track across multiple sites.

You don't need a specialist for Regulation 10 fire door checks. GOV.UK describes them as simple and visual. This guide covers what to look at, how often they're due, the 4 mm gap limit, and the self-closer test, plus where a professional inspection goes further and what to record for audit.

An EICR comes back with a C2 code. Is that a 24-hour emergency under Awaab's Law, or does it wait for the next inspection cycle? The code itself is the answer, and it's one of seven hazards where the trigger isn't as obvious as it looks.

Most guides say five years for every legionella record. HSE's own rule is more specific than that, and it's the kind of detail that matters when a subcontractor's reports land in your inbox and an inspector asks to see the logbook.

A quote gets approved, but the invoice that follows doesn't match it. The real problem is usually that nothing connects the quote to what happens after, scheduling, job costing, invoicing, not the estimate's accuracy. Here's what to look for in estimating software that keeps the whole job on one record.

A bin sits full three days after it should have been emptied, and nobody in the office can say whether the round even ran. Waste management software closes that gap, and with digital waste tracking becoming mandatory from October 2026, paper records won't be enough for much longer. Here's what to look for.

One technician's report covers every field. Another's is three lines and a signature. Here's what belongs in every pest control service report, how to keep it consistent across your team, and how digital forms make an incomplete record impossible to submit.

Simpro has a genuine reputation with larger contractors. But if you've gone looking for alternatives, you've probably already hit the thing that doesn't fit: a price you can't get without a sales call. Here's an honest comparison of Simpro, BigChange, Commusoft and Joblogic, including an ownership link most 'alternatives' roundups leave out.

A client asks for a PAT certificate you don't have. An insurer queries a claim. An auditor flags a gap in your register. None of these need an incident first. Here's what a missed PAT testing deadline triggers, and how to close the gap before it costs you a contract.

Buying one system doesn't remove silos, it just moves them. Six months in, the same 'that's not our bit' conversations are still happening, just inside new software. Paul Webb on why the fix isn't more consolidation, it's dealing with what each silo was protecting in the first place.