The word ‘Cloud’ has gained new meaning in recent years, as a string of Internet based services have arisen including: SAAS – Software as a Service, web based applications run from data centres rather than your PC. IAAS – Infrastructure as a…
Today’s announcement that car maker Nissan is to build a new model at it’s factory in Sunderland was welcome news for the North, and the UK. It’s estimated that 2,000 jobs will be created with 1,600 of those being in…
Organisations and their stakeholders are becoming more aware of their need to behave responsibly and consider their impacts on Human Rights, the Environment and Ethical/sustainable behaviour. There are several standards, guidelines and tools which address corporate social responsibility, here we…
The concept of a “processes” is key in many management systems, frameworks and theories. A process is a “set of interrelated or interacting activities which transforms inputs to outputs”. ISO9001 A process “may define policies, standards, guidelines, activities or work…
The Benefits The rewards of public sector tendering are plentiful with over £236 Billion spent in the year 2009 2500 Contract Notices are published each week and 25% are awarded to Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs). Unfortunately many businesses…
New legislation is expected to replace the EU Data Protection Directive 95/46 and reduce the bureaucratic burden on organisations, while increasing responsibility to protect data, acknowledge and report data breaches. There will also be stiffer penalties for companies that do…
The Energy Act 2011 includes provision for the Department for Energy and Climate Change’s (DECC) ‘Green Deal’, a scheme intended to reduce carbon emissions by revolutionising the energy efficiency of British Properties. Under the Green Deal, there will be no…
The area of East London dubbed as Tech City is rich in technology start ups who could benefit from the efficiencies and credibility an ISO management system would bring. All around Shoreditch and the Silicon Roundabout on Old Street, there…
The International Aerospace Quality Group (IAQG) has made some revisions to the Aerospace AS 9100, 9110 and 9120 series of standards. Key changes to the standards include: • broadening the scope to cover Aviation, Space & Defence. • greater emphasis…
ISO/IEC 27035:2011 provides best practice guidance for information security incident detection, reporting and management. The ISO standard aims to help organisations reduce the impact of I.T security threats by implementing the defined incident management approach. Although Incident management is addressed…
