Learn how to build an audit-ready compliance system for field service and FM contracts. See what HSE inspectors and auditors ask to see, the five steps to build it, how to automate compliance tracking, and how audit readiness changes as your team and contract volume grow, with UK regulation tables.

A job is logged at 07:45 on a Friday against a four-hour urgent target, and the clock is already running. This guide gives you service level agreement examples for field service and FM contracts: priority tables, minimum performance thresholds, breach consequences, and sample contract wording you can adapt.

A customer on oil or LPG asks about the £9,000 heat pump grant, and you need the quote right before you visit. This guide covers the 2026 Boiler Upgrade Scheme changes, which properties and systems qualify, how the Ofgem voucher process runs, and the timing rules that decide whether you get paid.

Several small air conditioning units can add up to one TM44 inspection. If the units you control pass 12kW combined, an accredited assessor must inspect them every five years, and a missing report carries a £300 penalty. See who is responsible, what the report covers and how to check yours is valid.

Few FM compliance duties have intervals set in law: LOLER examinations, F-gas leak checks and landlord gas safety checks. Most other intervals come from guidance and standards, and you need to show an inspector why yours suit each site. See who holds each duty and what records prove it.

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.

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.

Martyn's Law comes into force in spring 2027, and for the first time, UK premises and events will have a legal duty to prepare for a terrorist attack. We break down who's in scope, what standard and enhanced tier actually require, what the SIA can fine you for, and how to get your evidence in order before enforcement begins.