According to LinkedIn, over 300 million people use it’s social network to manage their professional identity and engage with business contacts. For most of us this means connecting with people we have met through our previous and current employment. However,…
Apple CEO Tim Cook has announced that the company will be partnering with First Solar (America’s largest utility-scale installer) on a project that could supply Power to 60,000 homes in California. The installation will cover around 1,300 acres of land,…
Smoke free zones outside and their impact. I heard on the news today that Bristol are trialling set outdoor zones where smoking is banned. It is part of a drive to encourage it’s citizens to give up smoking. However, it…
As you may be aware, several management system standards are changing over 2015 and 2016, starting with ISO 9001 and ISO 14001. As of 02/02/15 the standards are still in draft and have not been released, however when they are published we will…
Britain has a rich shipping heritage and it’s nice to think we have made a considerable contribution to modern shipping standards. As the new year 2015 started, by coincidence, news came through of two nautical emergencies off the coast of…
A recent Spiceworks survey of IT professionals showed 76% of them had concerns over AV Storms, the simultaneous scanning or updating of Anti-Virus software causing negative effects to over-all system performance. Among the top concerns were degradation of system performance,…
Black Spot DiseaseOn my travels, both with and without ISO14001 clients, I have noticed something in the trees and plants that I don’t remember seeing recently: black, deadly looking spots in the middle of leaves. Growing up with a green…
Winter has finally arrived in the UK and as we’ve seen it’s already been causing havoc around the globe. New York suffered a monumental snow fall (it’s estimated that up to 7 feet of snow fell in 3 days), leaving…
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,…
