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Empowering Sustainable Land and Property Decisions

We take large and complex environmental and climate data and turn it into clear and simple insights enabling customers to make better informed land and property decisions.

Who are Groundsure?

In this video, you’ll see how we take complex data and translate it into valuable insights that drive informed decision-making.

It also highlights the passion and dedication that powers us every day – our unwavering commitment to our clients. Whether it’s providing innovative solutions or ensuring exceptional service, our clients are at the heart of everything we do.

Environmental Responsibilities

Serving a Greater Environmental Purpose

We not only help our clients understand environmental risk, we live and act in unison with our environment in a shared responsibility to reduce the impacts of forward climate change. Our culture, leadership and operational philosophy places people and planet alongside profit to better educate and improve sustainable decisions.

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ClimateIndex™

Compliance and due diligence for climate risks in property transactions

Climate change represents one of the greatest threats to property assets, communities and businesses. With Law Society Guidance in place, conveyancers and commercial real estate lawyers need to provide clarity on physical and transitional risks that could affect their client’s transaction. With ClimateIndex™, it’s all there at no extra cost in our key environmental searches. 

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Climate Change - Client Risk Advice and Compliance for Property Transactions

Climate change is the most significant external impact that our communities and businesses face. It will affect property and infrastructure assets, investment portfolios, lending and insurance markets. The scale of change and the potential risks are eye-watering and have major implications for property transactions.

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Groundsure.io

Your Window on Environmental Risk

Groundsure.io is our free, trusted data viewer that allows you to view data layers including flood risk, geology, boreholes, hydrogeology, mining, past and present landfills, radon, environmental designations (e.g. nature reserves etc), cultural designations (e.g. listed buildings, conservation zones etc) and topography (LIDAR).

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We are Certified B Corp

We are proud to be part of the B Corp Community - a group of just 1500 UK companies that place customers, staff, community and the environment at the heart of our decision making.

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Short term - 88,000; By 2070 - 316,000

The number of properties in England and Wales at risk of fluvial (river) flooding

Short term - 1.8 million: By 2070 - 3 million

The number of properties in England and Wales affected by pluvial (surface) flooding

Short term - 151,000; By 2070 - 652,000

The number of properties in England and Wales at risk of coastal (tidal) flooding

Short term - 449,000; By 2070 - 3.6 million

The number of properties in England and Wales affected by subsidence

4.5 million

The number of UK homes that are likely to overheat due to climate change - Source: CCC Report: UK Housing: Fit for the Future? 2019

Short term - 10,800; By 2070 - 97,000

The number of properties in England and Wales affected by coastal erosion (with no active intervention)

Short term - 27%... By 2070 - 45%

Increase in number of non-residential properties affected by flooding due to climate warming at 2C - Source: Technical Report for the CCRA

£525 Billion

The value of UK property that could be written off due to climate change by 2100 - Source: XDI analysis report 2021

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We are always growing and innovating and constantly looking for the best talent in the market. If we sound like the kind of place that fits your ambitions and mindset, come and take a look at what opportunities are available.

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Celebrating Heritage: Insights from the World Heritage UK 2024 Conference in Cornwall

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Conveyancing industry gets together for Groundsure’s Charity Golf Day and raises a fantastic £6,000!

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Unlocking the Potential of Brownfield Sites: The Role of Brownfield Passports

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Groundsure and Serac Technologies announce Strategic Relationship to Revolutionise Data Insights

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"Our conveyancing firm uses the Groundsure Avista report in every transaction, we’ve made savings on time and cost by having all necessary searches included within a single report. This report provides our purchasers with peace of mind and ensurers maximum compliance and due diligence. It contains a wealth of information and the clients do like the additional planning report contained with the search."
Richard Swinbank, Director Solicitor - EMG Solicitors
"I have been using Groundsure as a provider of environmental and geological data packages for a number of years, and the quality of both data and customer service that Groundsure provides never fails to meet my expectations.”
Adam Branson, Associate - CGL
“Groundsure has been our number one provider for environmental searches for over 15 years. And it’s been an easy choice through their continued dedication to providing the best possible products in a timely manner.”
Ian Benger, Assured Searches
"I am always grateful to Groundsure for ensuring that law firms like ourselves have the necessary tools and data to give our clients the service they deserve. Well done on being the first to provide climate data automatically in your reports. This will play a key role in enhancing the quality of advice to account for climate risk in transactions."
Bob Bastian, CEO, Stephen Rimmer LLP
"I have been using Groundsure’s Insight package throughout my career for the purposes of my desk study research. The package provides an excellent level of detail, including the reproduction of the 1:10,000 scale BGS geological mapping editions for sites where available in clear, visual format. This is a really useful feature, both saving time and providing a targeted summary of the geology beneath development sites."
Scott Jones, Senior Geo-Environmental Engineer - Ground Investigation and Piling Limited
"I think the subtle changes which Groundsure have made to their Residential reports will reduce the amount of follow up questions clients are going to have, but yet still provide the exact same information as before. The new all in one Avista report will save over 30 minutes per transaction with all the information being in one report, with easy to understand next steps and recommendations.”
Sean Reeves, Head of residential conveyancing at Letchers Solicitors
"As a first time user the whole experience was perfect, from my first call I felt immediately relieved and could tell I was speaking with people that knew the product and website completely. It took a lot of stress off my shoulders and helped me get started with a project that had an immediate deadline. My first order with Groundsure has been first class and I will definitely be using them for lots more projects in the future"
Alison Douglas, Archaeologist - Tetra Tech