The reformed UK EPC scraps the single rating for four metrics — fabric performance, heating, smart readiness, and cost. Launch now slated for late 2027, but the 2030 EPC C rental deadline stands. What landlords need to plan for.
From 26 August 2025, DVLA's biggest registration shake-up since the 1980s: restored vehicles keep their reg with no inspection, modified vehicles keep their VIN, and EV conversions keep their identity.
Every UK bovine animal must have a cattle passport registered with BCMS. Application deadlines, the Cattle Tracing System, ear tagging, movement recording, and the penalties.
Every UK business must complete a waste transfer note when waste changes hands. What a WTN must contain, the 2-year retention rule, EWC codes, and the duty of care behind it.
Two key 2026 tachograph deadlines for UK operators — Smart Tachograph 2 for international vehicles over 2.5t by July, and all newly registered goods vehicles by December. Plus the 56-day data rule.
The reformed UK EPC scraps the single rating for four metrics — fabric performance, heating, smart readiness, and cost. Launch now slated for late 2027, but the 2030 EPC C rental deadline stands. What landlords need to plan for.
From 26 August 2025, DVLA's biggest registration shake-up since the 1980s: restored vehicles keep their reg with no inspection, modified vehicles keep their VIN, and EV conversions keep their identity.
What UK farmers must record for every professional pesticide application — product, dose, area, date, operator, weather conditions — plus PA certificate rules and retention.
What UK farmers must record for veterinary medicines given to food-producing animals — product, batch, dose, withdrawal period — plus the 5-year retention and Red Tractor/VMD rules.
How UK farmers record and report livestock movements — cattle via CTS, sheep and goats via ARAMS/eAML2, pigs via eAML2 — plus standstill rules and holding registers.
Every UK bovine animal must have a cattle passport registered with BCMS. Application deadlines, the Cattle Tracing System, ear tagging, movement recording, and the penalties.
The waste duty of care under the Environmental Protection Act 1990 — what records UK businesses must keep, checking carriers, applying the waste hierarchy, and the penalties for failing.
Hazardous waste requires a consignment note, not an ordinary waste transfer note. What it must contain, consignment codes, the 3-year retention, consignee returns, and EA rules.
Every UK business must complete a waste transfer note when waste changes hands. What a WTN must contain, the 2-year retention rule, EWC codes, and the duty of care behind it.
What water hygiene records L8 ACoP requires from UK businesses — the written control scheme, monitoring logs, tank cleaning, the responsible person, and retention rules.
How to keep a legionella temperature monitoring log — sentinel outlet checks, the ≥50°C hot / ≤20°C cold targets, monitoring frequency, and what HSE expects to see.