In September 2015 the long awaited revision to ISO 9001 – the Quality Management System Standard, was published. Organisations have a 3-year period to update their management systems to the new ISO 9001 standard, and complete the necessary certification audits…
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…
In short: The Paris Agreement; History is Made. For two weeks, the leaders of almost 200 countries have been residing in Paris to take part in negotiations about climate change. Now, a deal has been struck which will see all…
The Business Growth Service (BGS), which includes the popular Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS) and the Growth Accelerator programme, has ended operations last Thursday (26th November 2015). A statement was issued on the BGS website, which said: “As part of the…
From February 2016, new sentencing guidelines come in to force which could mean fines of around £10 million for the most serious breaches of health and safety law. Following consultation, the Sentencing Council has reviewed the sanctions available for health…
It has been long awaited, but now, it looks like the Apple News App has come to the UK iPhones with its latest iOS update! You can now get our Risk Briefing News through our Channel on the News App!…
The ESOS deadline of 5th December 2015 is fast approaching and we’re seeing a spike in interest through our web, email and telephone channels as organisations look for available Lead Energy Assessors to undertake the required assessment. It’s not too…
The much awaited international standard for quality management has been published today (23rd September 2015) and is available for download from approved sources. What’s New in ISO 9001:2015? There’s never been a better time to implement quality management to ISO…
