Quintet hire boosts fire team line up

A talented quintet of fire risk assessors has joined the fire team ranks at our thriving Northamptonshire health and safety consultancy.

Acorn Safety Services, which provides health and safety services to businesses, charities and organisations across the UK, has taken on Farai Masawi, Jamie Tysoe, Peter Wilson and Purity Muposhi as fire risk assessment consultants at the Moulton Park base, with Simon Clarke appointed as a trainee fire risk assessor.

Farai, Peter and Purity’s roles involve conducting comprehensive fire risk assessments across a…

Our health and safety consultancy leader named Businessperson of the Year

The inspirational dynamo director at Acorn Safety Services was crowned Businessperson of the Year at the 2026 SME Northamptonshire Business Awards on Thursday night (23^rd April).

Zeynep Guzelkasap took the title after judges agreed she shows outstanding initiative, boldness and imagination in the enterprise, as well as sound management practices.

Zeynep, who was also shortlisted in the Businesswoman of the Year category, has been integral in the exponential growth of Acorn Safety Services since she joined in January 2023.

The award-winning…

Lorna promoted to fire safety manager

The female fire maestro at our Northamptonshire health and safety consultancy has been promoted to manager, leading one of the company’s three dedicated divisions.

Lorna Smith joined Acorn Safety Services in August last year as a senior fire risk assessor.

Less than nine months after her appointment, Lorna has been promoted to fire safety manager. She will head up the Fire Safety department, with two other specialists in charge of the consultancy’s Health and Safety section and Legionella division respectively.

Lorna, who previously worked as a…

Acorn Safety Team Are Ths Award Finalists

Industry award finalists after public nomination

Our innovative, forward-thinking health and safety consultancy has been shortlisted for the prestigious Tomorrow’s Health and Safety Awards 2026.

Acorn Safety Services has been recognised for its Fire Safety Services and, as award finalists, will now go forward to a public vote to decide the winner.

The Tomorrow’s Health and Safety Awards 2026 are widely recognised as a benchmark of excellence within the health and safety sector, and organisers say this year’s entries, nominated by readers of Tomorrow’s Health and Safety magazine, are the…

Prevention is key for health and safety

Prevention is better than cure when it comes to health and safety in the workplace.

The latest annual Health and Safety Executive (HSE) work-related fatality figures show 124 workers were killed in work-related incidents in Great Britain last year.

The statistics, which cover the period from April 2024 to March 2025, show that the most common cause of deaths in the workplace were falls from height, and the industry with the highest number of deaths was construction (35), followed closely by agriculture, forestry and fishing (23).

Our experts at…

New online opportunity for greater water safety

We are hoping to encourage greater awareness of water safety by offering a brand-new open online legionella awareness course for the first time.

This new remote learning opportunity provides an alternative option for people who are not nearby to our Northamptonshire headquarters but want to better understand the legionella risk, follow UK regulations and safeguard their team.

Delegates will learn to identify, prevent and control legionella bacteria, meet ACOP L8 and HSG274 standards, and ultimately protect both their staff and premises.

Legionella…

Free legionella audits to tackle UK increase in Legionnaire’s Disease

An award-winning health and safety consultancy is offering free legionella audits to businesses, schools and public sector organisations in the UK following a concerning increase in cases of Legionnaire’s Disease across the UK.

Despite a decrease in the case rate per 100,000 population during the pandemic years in England (2020 to 2021), the rate of Legionnaires’ Disease increased in 2022 and 2023.

The latest government report shows 604 confirmed cases in 2023, compared with 413 in 2022, and 352 in 2021.

Experts at Acorn Safety Services say many…

Legionella awareness course opportunity

Landlords, business owners and anyone else involved in water system management are being urged to sign up for a legionella awareness course launched by a leading Northamptonshire health and safety consultancy.

Acorn Safety Services, which provides health and safety services to businesses, charities and organisations across the UK, is recommending the course for anyone responsible for the maintenance of safe water in buildings, including landlords, business owners, facilities managers, and health and safety professionals.

The newly configured…

Health and safety consultancy appoints new director

A growing health and safety consultancy has announced the appointment of a new director.

Acorn Safety Services, based in Northampton, has promoted its Operations Manager, Zeynep Guzelkasap, to the role of Operations Director.

Zeynep joined Acorn Safety Services in January 2023 as Business Manager, bringing with her a construction management degree and 12 years of experience in construction, asbestos and health and safety. After a year, she was promoted to Operations Manager.

During her time at Acorn Safety Services, Zeynep has been…

New appointment at health and safety consultancy

Northamptonshire health and safety consultancy Acorn Safety Services has appointed a new operations coordinator.

Samantha Reeves supports the day-to-day operations and the scheduling of work at the Moulton Park company, which provides health and safety services to businesses, charities and organisations across the UK.

Samantha, who previously worked in the telemarketing sector before becoming an operations assistant within the asbestos industry, has been delighted by her first impressions at Acorn Safety Services.

She said: “I would highly…