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CalmCompliance replaces clipboards and spreadsheets with digital checks, records, and oversight for schools, nurseries, and trusts.

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What's New — Week of 1 June 2026

A single Distributions page under Insights brings documents, risks, and forms together with redesigned lists grouped by status and expandable recipient detail. Reviews now have a dedicated home under Insights, with redesigned schedule cards on individual items and review dates calculated from first publication. The standards library adds ISO 9001 and ISO 27001, custom standard authoring, parent organisation controls, version upgrades, and flexible evidence linking.

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What's New — Week of 1 June 2026
What's New — Week of 25 May 2026
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What's New — Week of 25 May 2026

Standards brings recognised frameworks like ISO 9001 and ISO 27001 into CalmCompliance with scoped requirements, linked evidence, and a RAG compliance dashboard. You can also define your own standards. Search now matches tag names; category and tag filters move into the main filter bar on documents, forms, and assets; and approval templates and review policies can be archived instead of deleted.

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What's New — Week of 18 May 2026
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What's New — Week of 18 May 2026

Issues, requests and incidents share a single Service Desk inbox with ticket references per site. Notifications get a rebuilt inbox, email reply threading, and finer-grained preferences. Tag filters gain Match Any or Match All across modules, with chemical notation in risk fields and collapsed-sidebar flyouts also shipping.

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What's New — Week of 11 May 2026
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What's New — Week of 11 May 2026

Groups move into Contacts next to people and companies, with a richer group detail page, clearer member editing, and inherited memberships shown as locked rows. Company records gain UK registration and address blocks with optional Companies House search, weekly sync, and sensitive-data reveal logging. Work orders linked to tickets now drive ticket status automatically, with both rules in one place and expandable links between tickets and work orders.

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What's New — Week of 4 May 2026
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What's New — Week of 4 May 2026

Risk assessments gain draft-and-publish versions with history tied to approvals and distributions; form templates convert to checklists with AI; sites get dedicated reporting QR codes and clearer settings; uncategorised and untagged filters roll out product-wide, with bulk asset creation and QR PDF export also shipping.

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What's New — Week of 27 April 2026
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What's New — Week of 27 April 2026

Tickets can auto-move when linked work orders close; incident timelines gain document and risk-assessment review steps; flagged checklist lines become drafted issues or requests with AI; Risks adds an Insights area; asset definitions support Uniclass 2015; DfE surveys tighten taxonomy; the site switcher is searchable.

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Week of 20 April 2026
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Week of 20 April 2026

Assign assets to people with full chain-of-custody history; record access when sensitive personnel blocks are viewed; add access instructions to premises; and see condition survey data on location and asset detail pages.

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Week of 13 April 2026
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Week of 13 April 2026

Quizzes move into Training alongside new Calm courses and assessments; premises get access-instruction blocks with scan visibility and audit logging; list views gain inline metadata and a shortcut to create checklists from work orders.

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Week of 6 April 2026
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Week of 6 April 2026

Manage hazardous materials in Risks with QR codes and links to risk assessments and incidents; assess building condition with structured surveys in Premises; and set scan visibility for blocks in one clear step.

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COSHH compliance starts with knowing what you've got on site
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COSHH compliance starts with knowing what you've got on site

COSHH applies across almost every sector, but the hard part isn't awareness. It's keeping assessments, SDS, and controls connected when products and staff change. What the regulations expect, and how a live register changes the picture.

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Jess Wright

Product Experience and Growth Specialist

Week of 30 March 2026
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Week of 30 March 2026

Issues, requests, and incidents can link to multiple locations and assets; documents get embeddable metadata and version history blocks; you can request approval without a template; and site-wide distribution lists show everything sent from documents, forms, and risk assessments.

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What the DfE's new estates strategy means for your building condition data
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What the DfE's new estates strategy means for your building condition data

The DfE is shifting building condition data onto academy trusts, local authorities, and dioceses—a big operational shift. What changed, what a condition survey covers, and how to keep that data live instead of marooned in spreadsheets.

Jess Wright

Jess Wright

Product Experience and Growth Specialist

Week of 23 March 2026
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Week of 23 March 2026

Require photos before closing work orders or tickets, create assets in bulk with a three-step wizard, group the planned work timeline by category or location, import risk assessments from PDFs, and attach an image gallery to any work order.

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Engineering Team

Week of 16 March 2026
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Week of 16 March 2026

Service desk tickets now move through a proper status workflow, default assignees land tickets in the right queue on creation, work schedules run on any interval, and you can reassign records directly from list views.

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How CalmCompliance Uses AI to Remove the Daily Pressure of Building Compliance
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How CalmCompliance Uses AI to Remove the Daily Pressure of Building Compliance

Facilities and compliance teams are short on time, clarity, and control—not responsibility. Discover how CalmCompliance uses AI across documents, forms, risk assessments, and service desk to shift from reactive firefighting to proactive control.

Jess Wright

Jess Wright

Product Experience and Growth Specialist

Week of 9 March 2026
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Week of 9 March 2026

Raise service desk issues from a checklist step, save form progress through a closed browser tab, and set up an entire building's location hierarchy in one form.

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Bringing Facilities Compliance Together: Why the Simple Things Matter
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Bringing Facilities Compliance Together: Why the Simple Things Matter

Most compliance risks don't come from complex regulations—they stem from scattered basics. Discover why bringing insurance documents, maintenance schedules, and warranties into one place is essential for protecting your organisation.

Gary Le Sueur

Gary Le Sueur

Co-Founder of CalmCompliance

Climate Action Plans in Schools: Preparing for the DfE's 2025 Deadline
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Climate Action Plans in Schools: Preparing for the DfE's 2025 Deadline

The DfE requires all schools in England to have a sustainability lead and Climate Action Plan by September 2025. Learn how to develop an effective plan that meets requirements while creating a positive environmental impact in your school community.

Gary Le Sueur

Gary Le Sueur

Co-Founder of CalmCompliance

Why Digital Daily Site Checks Beat Paper Every Time
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Why Digital Daily Site Checks Beat Paper Every Time

Facilities teams face mounting pressure from tight budgets, environmental targets, and compliance requirements. Discover why digital daily site checks offer superior evidence trails, environmental benefits, and risk protection compared to traditional paper-based systems.

Gary Le Sueur

Gary Le Sueur

Co-Founder of CalmCompliance

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