At Assent we rely on our strong team of consultants across the country who bring their unique knowledge and experience to support our clients, and there are many benefits to collaborating with us including: Supplementing your own business’ income with…
A guest blog written by Paul Holcroft from Peninsula. The purpose of health & safety in the workplace is simple: prevent illness, injury, and death. Yet some businesses relegate health & safety to the status of tick-box inconvenience due to being…
Have you suffered lately from a bit of back ache? Shoulder pain? How about numbness or pains in your hands or wrists? It’s a bit gloom and doom to start off a blog like this, I know however most of…
Say the words “Health & Safety” and I wouldn’t blame you for thinking of people wearing hi-vis vests. The teacher at my children’s school even wears one to collect the rubbish around the playground. And while hi-vis clothing, hard hats…
The first International Standard for Occupational Health and Safety has quite rightly caused much excitement, but for many SMEs implementing any ISO Standard can be daunting, and a new health and safety standard particularly so. Although ISO Standards are structured…
The Long awaited International Standard for Occupational Health & Safety Management, ISO 45001, has finally arrived. You can purchase the new standard NOW and start reviewing the requirements, based on ISO’s Annex SL common clause structure; which makes integrating Health…
ISO Certification is important to many businesses as it demonstrates good governance and can be used in tenders to win new business. However, things don’t always go to plan and sometimes your ISO Certification can be put at risk. …
UPDATE [6th April 2020]: Due to the current COVID-19 situation, IAF has extended the transition period for certified companies to migrate from OHSAS18001 to ISO45001 by 6 months and now ends on 11 September 2021. UKAS Technical note. UPDATE [12th…
The International Standard for Occupational Health & Safety Management has been eagerly awaited as an update and replacement to OHSAS 18001, but suffered a setback in May 2016 when the first draft was rejected by ISO Members. The Final Draft…
