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Market-path research — 30 Aug 2026 18:55 Europe/London

Not a P move. No path named. No customer named.
Did not re-read Companies House company 16892858.
Did not repeat last recon hour: Citizens Advice / citizensadvice.org.uk (17:55 Competitor mapping).
Also did not repeat: Growth Hub / Business Board Network / growthhubfinder.co.uk (16:55 Market scenarios); Legal Choices / legalchoices.org.uk (15:55 Competitor mapping); GOV.UK apprenticeship levy / employing-an-apprentice / manage-apprenticeship-funds (13:55 Market scenarios); SRA Transparency Rules / rules.sra.org.uk / consumer choosing/price-advice (12:55); Law Society Find a solicitor / ICAEW Find an accountant directories (26 Aug 22:55); GOV.UK director hub / find legal advice / choose a tax agent class map (27 Aug 00:55) as a re-file; BCC, HSWA, BoE ASBC, TPO, IoD, FSB, FOS, CIPD, CIPP, ICB, LeO, SLCC, SDT, redundancy/ERA, CA 2006, ONS BICS, holiday-WTR, Bribery Act, BBB SBFM, PAYE RTI, EL insurance, IPA, SA, FTPF, Faculty of Advocates, CIMA, workplace pensions, right-to-work / IANA 2006, NMW/NLW, SSP/SMP, IR35, Help to Grow, Start Up Loans. Explicitly did not retry STEP.org (HTTP 403). Explicitly did not re-open Legal Choices, Growth Hub, SRA Transparency, apprenticeship levy, Help to Grow: Management / Growth Guarantee, Start Up Loans, BCC, IoD, FSB, Citizens Advice this hour. Did not file another statutory employer fork. Distinct from 14:20 compile (e834b2f2, 0 candidates, blocker reach) and from 15:36 reach-story/stats (58cd58c1). 08:55 already skipped at ~10:18; 14:55 already skipped ~15:32 (window until 16:25); this hour is not a re-ask and not a second skip log. Did not write overnight. Did not unpark/install customer cut 63e813ea. Did not write kpis/p-evidence.md. Did not promote Ironclad, Harvey, Legora, SOC 2, or “startups and SMEs” as an accepted market/path. Did not install the 12:48 productised hour-menu as a path. Did not treat Acas users, “employers and employees”, “people with a workplace dispute”, “small businesses”, or “startups and SMEs” as a FYJ customer. Did not invent a “FYJ sits on the Acas list” path.

Area: Market scenarios.
Verdict: stayed thin.
P unchanged.

Searched

Prefer Market scenarios this hour — official how-employers-and-employees-are-directed-to-employment-advice / workplace-dispute channel, distinct from 17:55 Citizens Advice (charity advice-routing), 16:55 Growth Hub (SME local-advice network), and 15:55 Legal Choices (regulator-run consumer legal portal). Source: ACAS (Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service; acas.org.uk). Why this source now: 14:20 compile named the reach blocker; 15:36 said Founder View is the story and the blocker is reach; 15:55 Legal Choices, 16:55 Growth Hub, and 17:55 Citizens Advice were different public how-you-are-sent-to-help channels that stayed thin. An official employment-advice / workplace-dispute channel can be read without inventing a FYJ buyer. It stays thin. Not a FYJ path. Not P. Fallback LawWorks (lawworks.org.uk) and Enterprise Nation (enterprisenation.com) not used because the ACAS cluster lives.

Named start URL https://www.acas.org.uk/ — HTTP 200. Title: Acas | Making working life better for everyone in Britain. Meta: Acas is the workplace expert for England, Wales and Scotland. We provide free and impartial advice for employers and employees, training and help resolve disputes. Printed: Acas gives employees and employers free, impartial advice on workplace rights, rules and best practice. We also offer training and help to resolve disputes. Nav: Advice / Dispute resolution / Training / Research and commentary / About us. Tiles: Advice; Templates; Dispute resolution services; Training. News: Employment Rights Act 2025 (page updated 26 August 2026); Consulting on the disciplinary and grievance Code of Practice (Acas blog, 20 August 2026). Footer line printed on every live page this hour: Join 180,000 subscribers and get the latest news for employers.
http://acas.org.uk/ — HTTP 301 → http://www.acas.org.uk/ then HTTP 301 → https://www.acas.org.uk/ then 200.
https://acas.org.uk/ — HTTP 301 → https://www.acas.org.uk/ then 200.
Named start URL https://www.gov.uk/acas — HTTP 301 → /pay-and-work-rights then 200. Title: Pay and work rights helpline and complaints - GOV.UK. Meta: Get help and advice on employment rights - telephone, opening hours, website. Printed: Help and advice for workers and employers on rights and obligations at work. Acas helpline and other resources. You can: get advice on the Acas website; call the Acas helpline. Telephone: 0300 123 1100 Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm (Agent View only; not copied to Founder View). Acas provides free and confidential advice to employers, employees and their representatives on employment rights, best practice and policies, and resolving workplace conflict. The helpline has a free translation service for over 100 languages. You can ask Acas about: employment rights and responsibilities; pay and the National Minimum Wage; workplace disputes and workplace grievances; employment contracts and terms and conditions; working time, rest breaks and holiday entitlement; equality in the workplace; working for an employment agency or a gangmaster; agricultural workers’ rights. Complaints directed to HMRC (NMW), Fair Work Agency (employment agency / agency workers in agriculture etc.), HSE (working time), Agricultural Wages Team. Live link to https://www.acas.org.uk/advice.
Named start URL https://www.gov.uk/solve-workplace-dispute — HTTP 200. Title: Solve a workplace dispute: Overview - GOV.UK. Meta: Grievances and disciplinary action at work can be solved by informal discussions, formal procedures, mediation, conciliation or arbitration. Printed: Problems with your employer usually fall into one of two categories: grievances / disciplinaries. Right to be accompanied by a colleague or trade union representative (or family member or Citizens Advice Bureau worker if allowed). Contents: Overview / Formal procedures / Appeals / Mediation, conciliation and arbitration / Tribunals / Help and advice.
GOV.UK org: named https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/advisory-conciliation-and-arbitration-service — HTTP 404. Live org page https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/acas — HTTP 200. Title: Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service - GOV.UK. Meta/body: The Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas) aims to improve organisations and working life through better employment relations, working with employers and employees to solve problems and improve performance. Acas is an executive non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department for Business and Trade. Has a separate website. Transparency: Acas annual report and accounts, 2025 to 2026 (3 July 2026 Corporate report) and 2024 to 2025 (18 July 2025). News: Baroness Maggie Jones appointed new chair of Acas, 5 March 2026.
About us: https://www.acas.org.uk/about-us — HTTP 200. Title: About us | Acas. Meta: About Acas, the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service. We help employers and employees to improve workplace relationships in England, Scotland and Wales. Printed: We are Acas – independent and impartial experts helping everyone at work. We help employers and workers to: prevent problems with free advice on workplace rights; manage issues by providing training and guidance; resolve disputes with expert, impartial conciliation and mediation services. Tiles: Contact us; Working for Acas; How we work; News and updates; Freedom of Information; How Acas has performed.
What we do: named /what-we-do HTTP 301 → https://www.acas.org.uk/about-us/what-we-do then 200. Title: What we do | Acas. Printed: Acas is an independent public body that receives funding from the government. We provide free and impartial advice to employers, employees and their representatives on: employment rights; best practice and policies; resolving workplace conflict. Free services: online advice / helpline; early conciliation; collective conciliation; arbitration (collective; individual for flexible working or unfair dismissal). Paid: mediation; training and tailored support across England, Scotland and Wales. Legal duty to maintain a panel of independent experts to assist on equal value cases at employment tribunals. Last updated 20 September 2022.
How Acas has performed: https://www.acas.org.uk/about-us/how-acas-has-performed — HTTP 200. Annual-reports landing https://www.acas.org.uk/about-us/how-acas-has-performed/annual-report — HTTP 200. Named /annual-report HTTP 404; named /about-us/annual-report HTTP 301 → /about-us/how-acas-has-performed/annual-report/2025-to-2026; named /about-us/annual-reports HTTP 404.
Annual report 2025 to 2026: https://www.acas.org.uk/about-us/how-acas-has-performed/annual-report/2025-to-2026 — HTTP 200. Title: Annual report and accounts 2025 to 2026 | Acas. Printed: Acas's services performed well during the financial year 2025 to 2026. This was despite rising demand. Highlights: We met or exceeded most of our key targets; expenditure was £72.4 million; handling over 150,000 individual conciliation cases, with the majority of cases resolved before reaching an employment tribunal; handling 400 collective disputes, with 93% resolved or progressed towards settlement; supporting employers and workers in 584,000 calls to the Acas helpline; 18.5 million sessions on the Acas website; delivering over 1,650 training sessions. Last updated 03 July 2026. Full report linked https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/acas-annual-report-and-accounts-2025-to-2026 — HTTP 200. Collection https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/acas-annual-report-and-accounts — HTTP 200. Did not invent extra numbers from a PDF beyond what the HTML prints.
Advice hub: https://www.acas.org.uk/advice — HTTP 200. Title: Advice | Acas. Meta: Free advice on employment law, HR processes and good practice for workers and employers. Printed: Acas's advice is for every worker and employer across England, Scotland and Wales. We advise on employment law and good practice. Topics: Pay and hours; Holiday and leave; Equality and wellbeing; Starting and ending employment; Consultation and change; Conflict and resolution. Templates and Codes tiles.
Dispute resolution: https://www.acas.org.uk/dispute-resolution — HTTP 200. Title: Dispute resolution | Acas. Meta: Acas's services to help workers and employers resolve work disputes. Including conciliation, mediation and arbitration services. Printed services: Mediation support; Collective conciliation; Arbitration; Early conciliation. Named /conciliation HTTP 301 → /dispute-resolution.
Early conciliation: https://www.acas.org.uk/early-conciliation — HTTP 200. Title: What early conciliation is - Early conciliation - Acas. Meta: If you notify Acas about an employment tribunal claim, Acas can hold talks to try and reach a legal agreement. Printed: Early conciliation is a legal process. You must notify Acas if you want to make a claim to an employment tribunal. We will then offer early conciliation. During early conciliation, an Acas conciliator tries to help you reach a legal agreement with your employer. Acas cannot: represent you; take your or your employer's side; help you prepare your case; tell you if you have a valid case; give you legal advice. Early conciliation is voluntary. Last updated 30 January 2026. Notify form: named /notify HTTP 301 → https://www.acas.org.uk/notify/start then 200. Title: Notify Acas about making a claim to an employment tribunal | Tell Acas. Printed: BETA. You must first notify Acas. Time limits usually 3 months minus 1 day. By law, early conciliation can only last for a limited time. The early conciliation period can last up to 12 weeks. Important: Our early conciliation service is very busy. It can take around 9 weeks for it to start. Notify online; other ways: Telephone: 0300 123 1122 Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm (Agent View only; not copied to Founder View). Named /early-conciliation-notification-form HTTP 404. Named GOV.UK /acas-early-conciliation and /early-conciliation HTTP 404.
Codes of Practice: https://www.acas.org.uk/codes-of-practice — HTTP 200. Title: Acas Codes of Practice | Acas. Meta: What employers must do. Minimum standards of fairness. Used by employment tribunals. Printed five codes: Code of Practice 1 Disciplinary and grievance procedures; Code 2 Disclosure of information to trade unions for collective bargaining purposes; Code 3 Time off for trade union duties and activities; Code 4 Settlement agreements; Code 5 Requests for flexible working. Employment tribunals will take Acas Codes into account in relevant cases. Live Code 1 https://www.acas.org.uk/acas-code-of-practice-on-disciplinary-and-grievance-procedures — HTTP 200. Codes 2–5 linked paths also HTTP 200. Named /code-of-practice, /acas-code-of-practice-on-discipline-and-grievance, /code-of-practice-discipline-and-grievance, /code-of-practice-on-disciplinary-and-grievance-procedures, /acas-code-of-practice-1-on-disciplinary-and-grievance-procedures HTTP 404. Named /disciplinary-and-grievance-procedures HTTP 301 → /discipline-and-grievance (HTTP 200).
Discipline and grievance: https://www.acas.org.uk/discipline-and-grievance — HTTP 200. Title: Discipline and grievance | Acas. Printed: Employers must follow the Acas Code of Practice. It says how they should follow fair procedures.
GOV.UK Solve a workplace dispute — Formal procedures: https://www.gov.uk/solve-workplace-dispute/formal-procedures — HTTP 200. Printed: Using the Acas Code of Practice. The result of your claim could be affected if either you or your employer do not follow the Acas Code of Practice on disciplinary and grievance procedures and you go to an employment tribunal. In this situation a tribunal can adjust the amount of compensation awarded by up to 25%.
GOV.UK Mediation, conciliation and arbitration: https://www.gov.uk/solve-workplace-dispute/mediation-conciliation-and-arbitration — HTTP 200. Printed: mediation / conciliation / arbitration. Conciliation: before you make a claim (early conciliation) or after (conciliation). Acas can offer a free service to help to settle a claim or potential claim. Live links to acas.org.uk/mediation, /early-conciliation, /collective-conciliation, /arbitration (all HTTP 200).
GOV.UK Help and advice: https://www.gov.uk/solve-workplace-dispute/help-and-advice — HTTP 200. Printed: Call Acas, contact Citizen’s Advice or speak to your trade union or staff representative. Helpline 0300 123 1100 / textphone 18001 0300 123 1100 Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm (Agent View only). Live link to http://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/ (adjacency only; Citizens Advice was 17:55 primary and was not re-opened as this hour’s source).
GOV.UK Tribunals: https://www.gov.uk/solve-workplace-dispute/tribunals — HTTP 200. Appeals: https://www.gov.uk/solve-workplace-dispute/appeals — HTTP 200.
Contact: https://www.acas.org.uk/contact — HTTP 200. Title: Contact us | Acas. Printed: There are different ways to contact Acas, depending on which service you need. Get advice from the Acas helpline. Conciliation: Our early conciliation service is very busy. It can take around 9 weeks for conciliation to start. Named /helpline HTTP 301 → /contact. Named /helpline-online HEAD HTTP 200 but GET is a soft-404 (Title: Page not found | Acas; “Sorry, we cannot find this page”). Soft-404 is not a live fact.
Training: https://www.acas.org.uk/training — HTTP 200. Title: Training | Acas. Printed: Training, events and tailored support. Types: courses / webinars / e-learning / tailored support. Topics include workplace procedures, essentials for employing people, equality and wellbeing, conflict management and leadership, change and consultation, trends and the future of work.
Templates: https://www.acas.org.uk/templates — HTTP 200. Title: Templates | Acas. Printed: Free templates for workers and employers, including letters, forms and HR templates, policies.
Mediation: https://www.acas.org.uk/mediation — HTTP 200. Title: What mediation is and how it can help - Mediation at work - Acas. Printed: voluntary, confidential, usually not legally binding. Last updated 18 October 2022. Related: Acas mediation support (https://www.acas.org.uk/acas-mediation-support HTTP 200).
Arbitration: https://www.acas.org.uk/arbitration — HTTP 200. Collective arbitration (not legally binding but binding in honour) and individual arbitration for flexible working or unfair dismissal (legally binding). Last updated 19 July 2022. Collective conciliation https://www.acas.org.uk/collective-conciliation — HTTP 200.
Employment tribunals: named /making-a-claim-to-an-employment-tribunal HTTP 301 → https://www.acas.org.uk/employment-tribunals then 200.
Research and commentary: https://www.acas.org.uk/research-and-commentary — HTTP 200. Featured: Employment law reform blog 28 July 2026; Make Work Pay collective redundancy consultation response 4 June 2026; How prevalent is individual conflict at work in Great Britain in 2025? (independent research, 20 November 2025). Service statistics https://www.acas.org.uk/about-us/service-statistics — HTTP 200.
Employment Rights Act 2025: https://www.acas.org.uk/employment-rights-act-2025 — HTTP 200. Printed: The Employment Rights Act 2025 became law on 18 December 2025. Changes in 2026 and 2027. Many changes have not happened yet. Fair Work Agency established on 7 April 2026. Did not treat this page as a re-file of 04:55 redundancy/ERA or 29 Aug 16:55 SSP/SMP.
Code consultation blog: https://www.acas.org.uk/consulting-on-an-updated-disciplinary-and-grievance-acas-code — HTTP 200. Printed: public consultation launched 30 July 2026; closing 23 September 2026; expect updated Code in 2027. Acas has a statutory duty to run a public consultation before revising a Code.
Named likely 404s recorded: /code-of-practice /acas-code-of-practice-on-discipline-and-grievance /code-of-practice-discipline-and-grievance /annual-report /about-us/annual-reports /employers /employees /for-employers /for-employees /about /advice-for-employers /advice-for-employees /advice/employers /advice/employees /about-us/how-acas-works /who-we-are /early-conciliation-notification-form /code-of-practice-on-disciplinary-and-grievance-procedures /acas-code-of-practice-1-on-disciplinary-and-grievance-procedures /small-business /for-business /business /find-a-solicitor /legal-advice — all HTTP 404. GOV.UK named /government/organisations/advisory-conciliation-and-arbitration-service /acas-early-conciliation /early-conciliation HTTP 404. Soft-404: /helpline-online.

Did not invent a headcount the pages do not print. Soft-404 / 404 pages are not live facts. Did not treat “Acas users”, “employers and employees”, “people with a workplace dispute”, “small businesses”, “startups and SMEs”, or “people looking for free employment advice” as a FYJ customer. Did not invent a “FYJ sits on the Acas list” path. Distinct from 17:55 Citizens Advice (charity advice-routing), 16:55 Growth Hub (SME advice network), and 15:55 Legal Choices (regulator portal). Fallback LawWorks / Enterprise Nation not used as primary. STEP.org remains HTTP 403 and was not retried. Legal Choices / Growth Hub / Citizens Advice / SRA Transparency / BCC / IoD / FSB / FOS / CIPD / CIPP / ICB / LeO / SLCC / SDT / TPO / Help to Grow / Start Up Loans / GOV.UK find-legal-advice / Law Society Find a solicitor were not re-opened.

What stands

Live Acas host www.acas.org.uk (HTTP 200; http apex 301→www then https): Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service; workplace expert for England, Wales and Scotland; free impartial advice for employers and employees, training, and dispute resolution. GOV.UK org page (HTTP 200 at /government/organisations/acas, not the named long slug): executive non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Business and Trade.
Live GOV.UK /acas 301→ Pay and work rights helpline and complaints (HTTP 200): official how-you-are-sent-to-Acas for employment-rights advice. Live GOV.UK Solve a workplace dispute guide (HTTP 200) routes grievances / disciplinaries through informal talk, formal procedures, mediation / conciliation / arbitration, tribunals, then “Call Acas, contact Citizen’s Advice or speak to your trade union”.
Live early conciliation (HTTP 200): legal notify-Acas-before-employment-tribunal process; voluntary; period up to 12 weeks; currently around 9 weeks to start because the service is busy. Notify form live at /notify/start (HTTP 200).
Live Codes of Practice hub (HTTP 200) with five codes; Code 1 disciplinary and grievance live (HTTP 200). GOV.UK formal-procedures page prints that a tribunal can adjust compensation by up to 25% if the Code is not followed.
Live annual-report 2025 to 2026 HTML (HTTP 200, last updated 03 July 2026): expenditure £72.4 million; over 150,000 individual conciliation cases (majority resolved before tribunal); 400 collective disputes, 93% resolved or progressed; 584,000 helpline calls; 18.5 million website sessions; over 1,650 training sessions. Full report on GOV.UK HTTP 200.
Live advice / dispute-resolution / training / templates / mediation / arbitration / contact / about-us / what-we-do / how-acas-has-performed (all HTTP 200). Homepage subscriber line: Join 180,000 subscribers.
Official employment-advice / workplace-dispute how-you-are-sent-to-help channel next to Legal Choices, Growth Hub, and Citizens Advice — Market scenarios context, not a FYJ path.

What does not stand

No page names a FYJ customer, market, offer, or P.
“Employers and employees”, “Acas users”, “people with a workplace dispute”, “small businesses”, or “startups and SMEs” are portal audiences, not a buyer.
An official employment-advice / early-conciliation / codes-of-practice channel is not a FYJ market path.
Naming “FYJ for Acas” or “FYJ sits on the Acas list” is not naming a FYJ customer.
Do not invent a number the live pages do not print. Soft-404 / 404 pages are not live content. /helpline-online is a soft-404.
17:55 Citizens Advice remains prior Competitor mapping. 16:55 Growth Hub remains prior Market scenarios. 15:55 Legal Choices remains prior Competitor mapping. This hour does not re-file those pages.
STEP.org remains HTTP 403 and was not retried. Growth Hub / Legal Choices / Citizens Advice / SRA Transparency / BCC / IoD / FSB / FOS / CIPD / CIPP / ICB / LeO / SLCC / SDT / TPO / right-to-work / Help to Grow / Start Up Loans / redundancy/ERA were not opened.
Tide Platform Ltd remains an ACSP identity check, not a FYJ customer.
Who / why / how / next all missing. No candidate this hour has even a partial who / why / how. End-to-end stays missing. Productised-menu context from 12:48 does not fill those blanks. Compile stays 0 (e834b2f2); reach blocker not closed by filing the official employment-advice routing channel. Not a constraint-on-invention of the CA 2006 / HSWA / Bribery kind.

End-to-end test

Who it is for: missing.
Why they would pay: missing.
How FYJ reaches them: missing (a public how-you-are-sent-to-employment-advice channel is not how FYJ reaches a named buyer).
What sits next: missing.
No real public fact this hour filled any of the four. Do not invent the rest. ACAS fills a Market scenarios cell (official employment-advice / workplace-dispute reach-routing next to Growth Hub / Legal Choices / Citizens Advice). It does not fill a path cell. It does not install the productised-menu bucket. It does not pad compile candidates.

Value-forming

The Market scenarios line stayed thin. Value has not started to form as a FYJ path. An official employment-advice / workplace-dispute channel is not who / why / how / next. Verdict stayed thin. Not stronger — not a constraint-on-invention of the CA 2006 / HSWA / Bribery kind.

Result

No path named yet. Market scenarios stayed thin. P unchanged.

Confirmation

Contract UUID 26e4abb6-3b66-4a66-a4f7-d4c065ad9233 is live. Hold = no invention, not no recon. Standing work is recon until end-to-end paths emerge and value-forming is visible. No path named. P unchanged. Customer cut parked.

# Market-path research — 30 Aug 2026 18:55 Europe/London Not a P move. No path named. No customer named. Did not re-read Companies House company 16892858. Did not repeat last recon hour: Citizens Advice / citizensadvice.org.uk (17:55 Competitor mapping). Also did not repeat: Growth Hub / Business Board Network / growthhubfinder.co.uk (16:55 Market scenarios); Legal Choices / legalchoices.org.uk (15:55 Competitor mapping); GOV.UK apprenticeship levy / employing-an-apprentice / manage-apprenticeship-funds (13:55 Market scenarios); SRA Transparency Rules / rules.sra.org.uk / consumer choosing/price-advice (12:55); Law Society Find a solicitor / ICAEW Find an accountant directories (26 Aug 22:55); GOV.UK director hub / find legal advice / choose a tax agent class map (27 Aug 00:55) as a re-file; BCC, HSWA, BoE ASBC, TPO, IoD, FSB, FOS, CIPD, CIPP, ICB, LeO, SLCC, SDT, redundancy/ERA, CA 2006, ONS BICS, holiday-WTR, Bribery Act, BBB SBFM, PAYE RTI, EL insurance, IPA, SA, FTPF, Faculty of Advocates, CIMA, workplace pensions, right-to-work / IANA 2006, NMW/NLW, SSP/SMP, IR35, Help to Grow, Start Up Loans. Explicitly did not retry STEP.org (HTTP 403). Explicitly did not re-open Legal Choices, Growth Hub, SRA Transparency, apprenticeship levy, Help to Grow: Management / Growth Guarantee, Start Up Loans, BCC, IoD, FSB, Citizens Advice this hour. Did not file another statutory employer fork. Distinct from 14:20 compile (e834b2f2, 0 candidates, blocker reach) and from 15:36 reach-story/stats (58cd58c1). 08:55 already skipped at ~10:18; 14:55 already skipped ~15:32 (window until 16:25); this hour is not a re-ask and not a second skip log. Did not write overnight. Did not unpark/install customer cut 63e813ea. Did not write kpis/p-evidence.md. Did not promote Ironclad, Harvey, Legora, SOC 2, or “startups and SMEs” as an accepted market/path. Did not install the 12:48 productised hour-menu as a path. Did not treat Acas users, “employers and employees”, “people with a workplace dispute”, “small businesses”, or “startups and SMEs” as a FYJ customer. Did not invent a “FYJ sits on the Acas list” path. Area: Market scenarios. Verdict: stayed thin. P unchanged. ## Searched Prefer Market scenarios this hour — official how-employers-and-employees-are-directed-to-employment-advice / workplace-dispute channel, distinct from 17:55 Citizens Advice (charity advice-routing), 16:55 Growth Hub (SME local-advice network), and 15:55 Legal Choices (regulator-run consumer legal portal). Source: ACAS (Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service; acas.org.uk). Why this source now: 14:20 compile named the reach blocker; 15:36 said Founder View is the story and the blocker is reach; 15:55 Legal Choices, 16:55 Growth Hub, and 17:55 Citizens Advice were different public how-you-are-sent-to-help channels that stayed thin. An official employment-advice / workplace-dispute channel can be read without inventing a FYJ buyer. It stays thin. Not a FYJ path. Not P. Fallback LawWorks (lawworks.org.uk) and Enterprise Nation (enterprisenation.com) not used because the ACAS cluster lives. - Named start URL https://www.acas.org.uk/ — HTTP 200. Title: Acas | Making working life better for everyone in Britain. Meta: Acas is the workplace expert for England, Wales and Scotland. We provide free and impartial advice for employers and employees, training and help resolve disputes. Printed: Acas gives employees and employers free, impartial advice on workplace rights, rules and best practice. We also offer training and help to resolve disputes. Nav: Advice / Dispute resolution / Training / Research and commentary / About us. Tiles: Advice; Templates; Dispute resolution services; Training. News: Employment Rights Act 2025 (page updated 26 August 2026); Consulting on the disciplinary and grievance Code of Practice (Acas blog, 20 August 2026). Footer line printed on every live page this hour: Join 180,000 subscribers and get the latest news for employers. - http://acas.org.uk/ — HTTP 301 → http://www.acas.org.uk/ then HTTP 301 → https://www.acas.org.uk/ then 200. - https://acas.org.uk/ — HTTP 301 → https://www.acas.org.uk/ then 200. - Named start URL https://www.gov.uk/acas — HTTP 301 → /pay-and-work-rights then 200. Title: Pay and work rights helpline and complaints - GOV.UK. Meta: Get help and advice on employment rights - telephone, opening hours, website. Printed: Help and advice for workers and employers on rights and obligations at work. Acas helpline and other resources. You can: get advice on the Acas website; call the Acas helpline. Telephone: 0300 123 1100 Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm (Agent View only; not copied to Founder View). Acas provides free and confidential advice to employers, employees and their representatives on employment rights, best practice and policies, and resolving workplace conflict. The helpline has a free translation service for over 100 languages. You can ask Acas about: employment rights and responsibilities; pay and the National Minimum Wage; workplace disputes and workplace grievances; employment contracts and terms and conditions; working time, rest breaks and holiday entitlement; equality in the workplace; working for an employment agency or a gangmaster; agricultural workers’ rights. Complaints directed to HMRC (NMW), Fair Work Agency (employment agency / agency workers in agriculture etc.), HSE (working time), Agricultural Wages Team. Live link to https://www.acas.org.uk/advice. - Named start URL https://www.gov.uk/solve-workplace-dispute — HTTP 200. Title: Solve a workplace dispute: Overview - GOV.UK. Meta: Grievances and disciplinary action at work can be solved by informal discussions, formal procedures, mediation, conciliation or arbitration. Printed: Problems with your employer usually fall into one of two categories: grievances / disciplinaries. Right to be accompanied by a colleague or trade union representative (or family member or Citizens Advice Bureau worker if allowed). Contents: Overview / Formal procedures / Appeals / Mediation, conciliation and arbitration / Tribunals / Help and advice. - GOV.UK org: named https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/advisory-conciliation-and-arbitration-service — HTTP 404. Live org page https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/acas — HTTP 200. Title: Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service - GOV.UK. Meta/body: The Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas) aims to improve organisations and working life through better employment relations, working with employers and employees to solve problems and improve performance. Acas is an executive non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department for Business and Trade. Has a separate website. Transparency: Acas annual report and accounts, 2025 to 2026 (3 July 2026 Corporate report) and 2024 to 2025 (18 July 2025). News: Baroness Maggie Jones appointed new chair of Acas, 5 March 2026. - About us: https://www.acas.org.uk/about-us — HTTP 200. Title: About us | Acas. Meta: About Acas, the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service. We help employers and employees to improve workplace relationships in England, Scotland and Wales. Printed: We are Acas – independent and impartial experts helping everyone at work. We help employers and workers to: prevent problems with free advice on workplace rights; manage issues by providing training and guidance; resolve disputes with expert, impartial conciliation and mediation services. Tiles: Contact us; Working for Acas; How we work; News and updates; Freedom of Information; How Acas has performed. - What we do: named /what-we-do HTTP 301 → https://www.acas.org.uk/about-us/what-we-do then 200. Title: What we do | Acas. Printed: Acas is an independent public body that receives funding from the government. We provide free and impartial advice to employers, employees and their representatives on: employment rights; best practice and policies; resolving workplace conflict. Free services: online advice / helpline; early conciliation; collective conciliation; arbitration (collective; individual for flexible working or unfair dismissal). Paid: mediation; training and tailored support across England, Scotland and Wales. Legal duty to maintain a panel of independent experts to assist on equal value cases at employment tribunals. Last updated 20 September 2022. - How Acas has performed: https://www.acas.org.uk/about-us/how-acas-has-performed — HTTP 200. Annual-reports landing https://www.acas.org.uk/about-us/how-acas-has-performed/annual-report — HTTP 200. Named /annual-report HTTP 404; named /about-us/annual-report HTTP 301 → /about-us/how-acas-has-performed/annual-report/2025-to-2026; named /about-us/annual-reports HTTP 404. - Annual report 2025 to 2026: https://www.acas.org.uk/about-us/how-acas-has-performed/annual-report/2025-to-2026 — HTTP 200. Title: Annual report and accounts 2025 to 2026 | Acas. Printed: Acas's services performed well during the financial year 2025 to 2026. This was despite rising demand. Highlights: We met or exceeded most of our key targets; expenditure was £72.4 million; handling over 150,000 individual conciliation cases, with the majority of cases resolved before reaching an employment tribunal; handling 400 collective disputes, with 93% resolved or progressed towards settlement; supporting employers and workers in 584,000 calls to the Acas helpline; 18.5 million sessions on the Acas website; delivering over 1,650 training sessions. Last updated 03 July 2026. Full report linked https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/acas-annual-report-and-accounts-2025-to-2026 — HTTP 200. Collection https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/acas-annual-report-and-accounts — HTTP 200. Did not invent extra numbers from a PDF beyond what the HTML prints. - Advice hub: https://www.acas.org.uk/advice — HTTP 200. Title: Advice | Acas. Meta: Free advice on employment law, HR processes and good practice for workers and employers. Printed: Acas's advice is for every worker and employer across England, Scotland and Wales. We advise on employment law and good practice. Topics: Pay and hours; Holiday and leave; Equality and wellbeing; Starting and ending employment; Consultation and change; Conflict and resolution. Templates and Codes tiles. - Dispute resolution: https://www.acas.org.uk/dispute-resolution — HTTP 200. Title: Dispute resolution | Acas. Meta: Acas's services to help workers and employers resolve work disputes. Including conciliation, mediation and arbitration services. Printed services: Mediation support; Collective conciliation; Arbitration; Early conciliation. Named /conciliation HTTP 301 → /dispute-resolution. - Early conciliation: https://www.acas.org.uk/early-conciliation — HTTP 200. Title: What early conciliation is - Early conciliation - Acas. Meta: If you notify Acas about an employment tribunal claim, Acas can hold talks to try and reach a legal agreement. Printed: Early conciliation is a legal process. You must notify Acas if you want to make a claim to an employment tribunal. We will then offer early conciliation. During early conciliation, an Acas conciliator tries to help you reach a legal agreement with your employer. Acas cannot: represent you; take your or your employer's side; help you prepare your case; tell you if you have a valid case; give you legal advice. Early conciliation is voluntary. Last updated 30 January 2026. Notify form: named /notify HTTP 301 → https://www.acas.org.uk/notify/start then 200. Title: Notify Acas about making a claim to an employment tribunal | Tell Acas. Printed: BETA. You must first notify Acas. Time limits usually 3 months minus 1 day. By law, early conciliation can only last for a limited time. The early conciliation period can last up to 12 weeks. Important: Our early conciliation service is very busy. It can take around 9 weeks for it to start. Notify online; other ways: Telephone: 0300 123 1122 Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm (Agent View only; not copied to Founder View). Named /early-conciliation-notification-form HTTP 404. Named GOV.UK /acas-early-conciliation and /early-conciliation HTTP 404. - Codes of Practice: https://www.acas.org.uk/codes-of-practice — HTTP 200. Title: Acas Codes of Practice | Acas. Meta: What employers must do. Minimum standards of fairness. Used by employment tribunals. Printed five codes: Code of Practice 1 Disciplinary and grievance procedures; Code 2 Disclosure of information to trade unions for collective bargaining purposes; Code 3 Time off for trade union duties and activities; Code 4 Settlement agreements; Code 5 Requests for flexible working. Employment tribunals will take Acas Codes into account in relevant cases. Live Code 1 https://www.acas.org.uk/acas-code-of-practice-on-disciplinary-and-grievance-procedures — HTTP 200. Codes 2–5 linked paths also HTTP 200. Named /code-of-practice, /acas-code-of-practice-on-discipline-and-grievance, /code-of-practice-discipline-and-grievance, /code-of-practice-on-disciplinary-and-grievance-procedures, /acas-code-of-practice-1-on-disciplinary-and-grievance-procedures HTTP 404. Named /disciplinary-and-grievance-procedures HTTP 301 → /discipline-and-grievance (HTTP 200). - Discipline and grievance: https://www.acas.org.uk/discipline-and-grievance — HTTP 200. Title: Discipline and grievance | Acas. Printed: Employers must follow the Acas Code of Practice. It says how they should follow fair procedures. - GOV.UK Solve a workplace dispute — Formal procedures: https://www.gov.uk/solve-workplace-dispute/formal-procedures — HTTP 200. Printed: Using the Acas Code of Practice. The result of your claim could be affected if either you or your employer do not follow the Acas Code of Practice on disciplinary and grievance procedures and you go to an employment tribunal. In this situation a tribunal can adjust the amount of compensation awarded by up to 25%. - GOV.UK Mediation, conciliation and arbitration: https://www.gov.uk/solve-workplace-dispute/mediation-conciliation-and-arbitration — HTTP 200. Printed: mediation / conciliation / arbitration. Conciliation: before you make a claim (early conciliation) or after (conciliation). Acas can offer a free service to help to settle a claim or potential claim. Live links to acas.org.uk/mediation, /early-conciliation, /collective-conciliation, /arbitration (all HTTP 200). - GOV.UK Help and advice: https://www.gov.uk/solve-workplace-dispute/help-and-advice — HTTP 200. Printed: Call Acas, contact Citizen’s Advice or speak to your trade union or staff representative. Helpline 0300 123 1100 / textphone 18001 0300 123 1100 Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm (Agent View only). Live link to http://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/ (adjacency only; Citizens Advice was 17:55 primary and was not re-opened as this hour’s source). - GOV.UK Tribunals: https://www.gov.uk/solve-workplace-dispute/tribunals — HTTP 200. Appeals: https://www.gov.uk/solve-workplace-dispute/appeals — HTTP 200. - Contact: https://www.acas.org.uk/contact — HTTP 200. Title: Contact us | Acas. Printed: There are different ways to contact Acas, depending on which service you need. Get advice from the Acas helpline. Conciliation: Our early conciliation service is very busy. It can take around 9 weeks for conciliation to start. Named /helpline HTTP 301 → /contact. Named /helpline-online HEAD HTTP 200 but GET is a soft-404 (Title: Page not found | Acas; “Sorry, we cannot find this page”). Soft-404 is not a live fact. - Training: https://www.acas.org.uk/training — HTTP 200. Title: Training | Acas. Printed: Training, events and tailored support. Types: courses / webinars / e-learning / tailored support. Topics include workplace procedures, essentials for employing people, equality and wellbeing, conflict management and leadership, change and consultation, trends and the future of work. - Templates: https://www.acas.org.uk/templates — HTTP 200. Title: Templates | Acas. Printed: Free templates for workers and employers, including letters, forms and HR templates, policies. - Mediation: https://www.acas.org.uk/mediation — HTTP 200. Title: What mediation is and how it can help - Mediation at work - Acas. Printed: voluntary, confidential, usually not legally binding. Last updated 18 October 2022. Related: Acas mediation support (https://www.acas.org.uk/acas-mediation-support HTTP 200). - Arbitration: https://www.acas.org.uk/arbitration — HTTP 200. Collective arbitration (not legally binding but binding in honour) and individual arbitration for flexible working or unfair dismissal (legally binding). Last updated 19 July 2022. Collective conciliation https://www.acas.org.uk/collective-conciliation — HTTP 200. - Employment tribunals: named /making-a-claim-to-an-employment-tribunal HTTP 301 → https://www.acas.org.uk/employment-tribunals then 200. - Research and commentary: https://www.acas.org.uk/research-and-commentary — HTTP 200. Featured: Employment law reform blog 28 July 2026; Make Work Pay collective redundancy consultation response 4 June 2026; How prevalent is individual conflict at work in Great Britain in 2025? (independent research, 20 November 2025). Service statistics https://www.acas.org.uk/about-us/service-statistics — HTTP 200. - Employment Rights Act 2025: https://www.acas.org.uk/employment-rights-act-2025 — HTTP 200. Printed: The Employment Rights Act 2025 became law on 18 December 2025. Changes in 2026 and 2027. Many changes have not happened yet. Fair Work Agency established on 7 April 2026. Did not treat this page as a re-file of 04:55 redundancy/ERA or 29 Aug 16:55 SSP/SMP. - Code consultation blog: https://www.acas.org.uk/consulting-on-an-updated-disciplinary-and-grievance-acas-code — HTTP 200. Printed: public consultation launched 30 July 2026; closing 23 September 2026; expect updated Code in 2027. Acas has a statutory duty to run a public consultation before revising a Code. - Named likely 404s recorded: /code-of-practice /acas-code-of-practice-on-discipline-and-grievance /code-of-practice-discipline-and-grievance /annual-report /about-us/annual-reports /employers /employees /for-employers /for-employees /about /advice-for-employers /advice-for-employees /advice/employers /advice/employees /about-us/how-acas-works /who-we-are /early-conciliation-notification-form /code-of-practice-on-disciplinary-and-grievance-procedures /acas-code-of-practice-1-on-disciplinary-and-grievance-procedures /small-business /for-business /business /find-a-solicitor /legal-advice — all HTTP 404. GOV.UK named /government/organisations/advisory-conciliation-and-arbitration-service /acas-early-conciliation /early-conciliation HTTP 404. Soft-404: /helpline-online. Did not invent a headcount the pages do not print. Soft-404 / 404 pages are not live facts. Did not treat “Acas users”, “employers and employees”, “people with a workplace dispute”, “small businesses”, “startups and SMEs”, or “people looking for free employment advice” as a FYJ customer. Did not invent a “FYJ sits on the Acas list” path. Distinct from 17:55 Citizens Advice (charity advice-routing), 16:55 Growth Hub (SME advice network), and 15:55 Legal Choices (regulator portal). Fallback LawWorks / Enterprise Nation not used as primary. STEP.org remains HTTP 403 and was not retried. Legal Choices / Growth Hub / Citizens Advice / SRA Transparency / BCC / IoD / FSB / FOS / CIPD / CIPP / ICB / LeO / SLCC / SDT / TPO / Help to Grow / Start Up Loans / GOV.UK find-legal-advice / Law Society Find a solicitor were not re-opened. ## What stands - Live Acas host www.acas.org.uk (HTTP 200; http apex 301→www then https): Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service; workplace expert for England, Wales and Scotland; free impartial advice for employers and employees, training, and dispute resolution. GOV.UK org page (HTTP 200 at /government/organisations/acas, not the named long slug): executive non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Business and Trade. - Live GOV.UK /acas 301→ Pay and work rights helpline and complaints (HTTP 200): official how-you-are-sent-to-Acas for employment-rights advice. Live GOV.UK Solve a workplace dispute guide (HTTP 200) routes grievances / disciplinaries through informal talk, formal procedures, mediation / conciliation / arbitration, tribunals, then “Call Acas, contact Citizen’s Advice or speak to your trade union”. - Live early conciliation (HTTP 200): legal notify-Acas-before-employment-tribunal process; voluntary; period up to 12 weeks; currently around 9 weeks to start because the service is busy. Notify form live at /notify/start (HTTP 200). - Live Codes of Practice hub (HTTP 200) with five codes; Code 1 disciplinary and grievance live (HTTP 200). GOV.UK formal-procedures page prints that a tribunal can adjust compensation by up to 25% if the Code is not followed. - Live annual-report 2025 to 2026 HTML (HTTP 200, last updated 03 July 2026): expenditure £72.4 million; over 150,000 individual conciliation cases (majority resolved before tribunal); 400 collective disputes, 93% resolved or progressed; 584,000 helpline calls; 18.5 million website sessions; over 1,650 training sessions. Full report on GOV.UK HTTP 200. - Live advice / dispute-resolution / training / templates / mediation / arbitration / contact / about-us / what-we-do / how-acas-has-performed (all HTTP 200). Homepage subscriber line: Join 180,000 subscribers. - Official employment-advice / workplace-dispute how-you-are-sent-to-help channel next to Legal Choices, Growth Hub, and Citizens Advice — Market scenarios context, not a FYJ path. ## What does not stand - No page names a FYJ customer, market, offer, or P. - “Employers and employees”, “Acas users”, “people with a workplace dispute”, “small businesses”, or “startups and SMEs” are portal audiences, not a buyer. - An official employment-advice / early-conciliation / codes-of-practice channel is not a FYJ market path. - Naming “FYJ for Acas” or “FYJ sits on the Acas list” is not naming a FYJ customer. - Do not invent a number the live pages do not print. Soft-404 / 404 pages are not live content. /helpline-online is a soft-404. - 17:55 Citizens Advice remains prior Competitor mapping. 16:55 Growth Hub remains prior Market scenarios. 15:55 Legal Choices remains prior Competitor mapping. This hour does not re-file those pages. - STEP.org remains HTTP 403 and was not retried. Growth Hub / Legal Choices / Citizens Advice / SRA Transparency / BCC / IoD / FSB / FOS / CIPD / CIPP / ICB / LeO / SLCC / SDT / TPO / right-to-work / Help to Grow / Start Up Loans / redundancy/ERA were not opened. - Tide Platform Ltd remains an ACSP identity check, not a FYJ customer. - Who / why / how / next all missing. No candidate this hour has even a partial who / why / how. End-to-end stays missing. Productised-menu context from 12:48 does not fill those blanks. Compile stays 0 (e834b2f2); reach blocker not closed by filing the official employment-advice routing channel. Not a constraint-on-invention of the CA 2006 / HSWA / Bribery kind. ## End-to-end test - Who it is for: missing. - Why they would pay: missing. - How FYJ reaches them: missing (a public how-you-are-sent-to-employment-advice channel is not how FYJ reaches a named buyer). - What sits next: missing. No real public fact this hour filled any of the four. Do not invent the rest. ACAS fills a Market scenarios cell (official employment-advice / workplace-dispute reach-routing next to Growth Hub / Legal Choices / Citizens Advice). It does not fill a path cell. It does not install the productised-menu bucket. It does not pad compile candidates. ## Value-forming The Market scenarios line stayed thin. Value has not started to form as a FYJ path. An official employment-advice / workplace-dispute channel is not who / why / how / next. Verdict stayed thin. Not stronger — not a constraint-on-invention of the CA 2006 / HSWA / Bribery kind. ## Result No path named yet. Market scenarios stayed thin. P unchanged. ## Confirmation Contract UUID 26e4abb6-3b66-4a66-a4f7-d4c065ad9233 is live. Hold = no invention, not no recon. Standing work is recon until end-to-end paths emerge and value-forming is visible. No path named. P unchanged. Customer cut parked.