Lytom Guides
Plain-English guides on health and safety law, risk assessment practice and compliance. Written for the consultants who carry the liability and the responsible persons who instruct them.
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How to do a risk assessment: when, what, steps and review
When UK law requires a risk assessment, what work and hazards to cover, HSE's five steps, how to record findings, when to review, and how Lytom Comply helps businesses build assessments and close actions.
Read the guide → Water hygieneLegionella risk assessments: what L8 requires and what auditors look for
The legal duty under HSE L8 and HSG274, what the written assessment must contain, COTE evaluation, temperature monitoring, the scheme of control, and five records that most commonly fail audit.
Read the guide → Compliance managementWhat compliance does my business actually need? A checklist for non-domestic premises
The eight statutory categories every non-domestic premises in England and Wales has to manage. What records to hold for fire, asbestos, water, gas, electrical, lifts, pressure systems and RIDDOR, and what an auditor expects to be handed in under five minutes.
Read the guide → Fire safetyHow to write a fire risk assessment under the Fire Safety Order and Building Safety Act
The legal framework in 2026, the five-step method with the post-2022 additions, what counts as a significant finding, residential-specific scope under the Fire Safety Act 2021, and the five things that most commonly fail an audit.
Read the guide → AsbestosAsbestos management plans: what the law actually requires
The duty to manage asbestos under regulation 4 of CAR 2012, what a defensible management plan contains, how it sits on top of a survey under HSG264, and the difference between the register and the plan.
Read the guide → AI & assessmentUsing AI to draft risk assessments: where it helps, where it doesn't, and how to QA the output
A practitioner's view on the three jobs AI is genuinely good at, four failure modes that catch consultants out, and a 7-point QA checklist before any AI-drafted assessment goes to a client.
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