BCarm - Business Continuity & Risk Management

07/04/2026

Did you know that although asbestos was banned in the UK in 1999, around 5,000 people still die each year from asbestos-related diseases?

Guidance from the HSE continues to highlight that asbestos remains present in many buildings, making the risk very real, particularly for those working on or around them.

Understanding where asbestos may be found and how to manage it safely is an important part of effective health and safety management.

Our upcoming Academy session on Friday, 17 April, will cover:
• Why asbestos is dangerous and where it can be found
• What actions to take depending on your role

This 30-minute bite-sized session is for:
• Building owners and landlords
• Those maintaining or repairing buildings
• Employers of anyone likely to disturb asbestos
• Workers

A practical session focused on building awareness and supporting safe decision-making.
https://buff.ly/N2ZKStW

30/03/2026

We’re pleased to share that we’ve been shortlisted for the Safety and Health Excellence Awards, run in conjunction with the British Safety Industry Federation (BSIF).

Training Provider of the Year – BCarm Academy
Health and Safety Consultancy of the Year – BCarm

Our entries reflect our unique approach to risk management, centred on three key elements: Compliance, Process and People, and how we apply these to deliver practical, effective outcomes for our clients.

03/03/2026

7 million working days were lost to work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) - according to the Health and Safety Executive’s Health and Safety Statistics 2024/25.

In fact, MSDs remain one of the most common causes of work-related ill health in Great Britain.

They most often affect the:
• Lower back
• Neck and shoulders
• Arms and wrists
• Hips and knees

Often developing gradually through manual handling, repetitive work or sustained postures, MSD risks can be reduced with the right understanding and practical controls.

Our upcoming 30-minute Academy session: Musculoskeletal Disorders will cover:
• The causes of MSDs
• The body areas most at risk
• How to manage the risk effectively

To register for free, visit: https://buff.ly/W0zWGlw

17/02/2026

Does your safety process improve how work is done - or just tick boxes?

The Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) cycle is a simple framework for
PLAN - planning work,
DO - carrying it out,
CHECK - checking how it went
ACT - and improving next time.

In Health and Safety, PDCA helps:-
✔️ connect systems and processes with real work and behaviour
✔️ support continuous improvement rather than one-off fixes
✔️ underpins ISO 45001 and the design and implementation of effective safety management systems.

If you'd like to know more, join our Academy session this Friday to explore how PDCA can be applied in practice to your health and safety process.
https://buff.ly/kekfr6Q

27/01/2026

Last Friday, we ran our first free, bite-sized Academy session for 2026 on Risk Assessments - focused on practical insights you can actually use.

Here’s a quick under-2-minute summary highlighting some of the key takeaways from the session 👇

If you find this useful:
✅ You can sign up for upcoming Academy sessions https://buff.ly/IrJPjMs
✅ Follow us on Facebook, where we’ll be sharing more BCarm Academy insights, tips, and learning bites

Thanks to everyone who joined us — more to come soon.

21/01/2026

What should trigger a risk assessment?

If you employ 5 or more people, you are required to conduct documented risk assessments.

But compliance shouldn’t be the only trigger.

Risk assessments are most useful when they’re prompted by change, such as:
📋 New or modified work activities
🪜 New equipment or substances
👷‍♀️ Changes in roles, staffing or supervision
❗ Incidents, near misses or emerging trends

Understanding when to review risk is just as important as knowing how; as is monitoring the control measures in the risk assessment to ensure they are suitable, sufficient, and working as they should.

If you're interested in this, join our free Risk Assessment workshop this Friday https://buff.ly/ilXHLV0

23/12/2025

⭐ Wishing you a joyful festive season, and here’s to a happy, healthy, and successful 2026 from all of us.

10/12/2025

👏 Congratulations to our Insurance Partners, Insurance (UK), on winning the Excellence in Risk Management Award at the Insurance Times Awards!

This recognition highlights what sets Arch apart: while much of the traditional insurance market still treats risk management as a compliance exercise, Arch takes a different approach.

Arch Risk Management Plus provides solutions for the 3 components of Risk Management: compliance, process, and people - a powerful combination that delivers tangible business benefits for Arch clients. It’s a model that goes beyond ticking boxes and instead drives meaningful, measurable value. 🚀

02/12/2025

In today’s unpredictable world, a Business Continuity Plan can’t just sit on a shelf; it needs to work when you need it most. Join us for a practical session on turning your BCP into a real-time, deployable asset for your organisation.

We’ll cover:
✔️ Ensuring your BC plan is truly deployable
✔️ How to monitor and test effectively
✔️ Exercising your Incident Response Plan with confidence

If you’re looking to build resilience and create real predictability, this session is for you.
https://buff.ly/gZzC4f8

28/11/2025

Markets today aren’t unstable sometimes - they’re unstable by design.

This Fortune.com article highlights how price shocks, policy swings and workforce shortages are now permanent features of doing business, and why rate cuts alone won’t fix unpredictability.

"In a high-volatility, low-growth world leaders who win are the ones who can engineer predictability..."

And one of the paths to predictability? A strong, real-time Business Continuity Plan (BCP).

👉 If you’re looking to turn BCP into a competitive advantage, join our Academy session on how to make BCP real-time and live next Friday: https://buff.ly/gZzC4f8

Read the full article here to dig deeper into the insights.

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17/11/2025

Join us this Friday for our Academy session focused on strengthening engagement to support better safety performance.

We’ll look at practical ways to enhance:
• Leadership & Accountability
• Process Engagement
• Creating a Culture That Connects People to Safety Performance

🗓 Date: Friday, 21 November
⏰ Time: 10:30am
https://buff.ly/60p4enM

We hope to see you there.