From our perspective, the previous twelve months seem to have been more successful and positive for organisations of all types. We have seen an increase in those looking to manage risk in the areas of Information Security and Business Continuity…
Unless you have been living in a cave the last few days, you’ll probably already have had enough of Black Friday; an American event that has somehow made its way into British Culture. Designed to kick start the Christmas period,…
Now, let me begin by stating I’m terrified of spiders to the point of hysteria. It is a regular occurrence for me to leap out of bed in the middle of the night because the dog’s tail brushed my foot…
We are pleased to launch the Assent Journey project, with the help of some funding from the Growth Accelerator Scheme. The Assent Journey will focus on supporting our growth through further engaging with our clients and identifying improvements to our…
All large UK companies will be affected by ESOS (Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme). It may sound like an opportunity you could pass on if you wanted, but is in fact legislation. At least once every four years large companies will…
We have always considered knowledge transfer as an important part of our consultancy practice with clients. It is out belief that rather than reducing our scope of chargeable services, empowering clients to manage aspects of their own risk management systems…
The human race has been living beyond its means in more ways than we realise, a report revealed today. Today, August 19th 2014, is the day that we have used up all our natural resources for the year and have…
The concept of avoiding a single point of failure is not new. Information systems have long been developed to maintain high availability and good resilience if a component part fails. The Internet is perhaps the most powerful example of a…
ISO published Annex SL with the objective of “delivering consistent and compatible management system standards in an attempt to make this process easier”, however while some consultancy firms are waiting for it’s appearance in a revised ISO 14001, Assent has…
