It could be said that UK businesses have long had a Love/Hate relationship with Europe. Many believe the regulations and directives from the European Union have increased the overhead of operating a business in the UK, with the compliance burdens…
EDIT Jan 2019: ISO 19650 was published in January 2019, replacing PAS 1192-2. As the UK Government’s BIM Mandate begins to take effect during 2016, companies in the construction supply chain are getting ready to demonstrate their working practices comply with the…
Monitoring, Measurement, Analysis and Evaluation have always been important within management systems such as ISO 9001, and the move towards ISO’s Annex SL has reinforced these requirements further. However, just as the ISO 9001 standard has adapted to cover services as…
Following the break down of the Safe Harbour Agreement last October (2015), it looked difficult for EU and US authorities to agree a new deal to ensure adequate safe guards for personal data transferred and processed in the US. Despite…
In March 2013, the EU Timber Regulations came in to force, which placed an emphasis on ‘Operators’ and ‘Traders’ for timber of timber products to maintain records to demonstrate that the timber they are handling has been harvested legally, with…
Often, when organisations contact Assent about achieving ISO Certification, they have not yet purchased a copy of the actual standard document containing details of the requirements they will need to follow.As consultants we are here to help by putting ISO terminology…
Risk Management firm Assent have announced the public launch of Risk Assist, a service desk that provides support to companies on a variety of issues including information security, health & safety, the environment and quality management. Assent Director Robert Clements…
With the New Year comes many companies beginning their transition to the new ISO 9001:2015 standard and while the whole standard has been updated, there is one clause in particular that has been given a new lease of life: 7.1.4…
During late October/early November 2015, as part of our Assent Journey Project, we engaged with our existing clients and asked for their feedback on our service. It’s important to us that we live up to our PRIDE values which are…
I hope you have had a successful 2015 as we look forward to a new year with new challenges. At Assent our office team has grown again this year and we have been busy working on the new ISO standards…
