If your organisation is certified to an ISO Standard, or you are thinking about achieving ISO Certification, then the threat of ‘nonconformities’ is probably playing on your mind. Nonconformities can represent weaknesses or deficiencies within your management system, so it’s…
Since the Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic many organisations are relying on remote working using conferencing facilities like Microsoft Teams, Zoom and Google Meets. There are many business activities which can be completed remotely allowing people to work from home and reduce…
Many people will have been asked to work from home if their job allows because of the recent government measures to slow the spread of the COVID-19 Virus. It’s a great opportunity to find out how this arrangement works for…
We Love What We Do As a team we are very proud of what we do at Assent – we continue to work with our PRIDE values – to be Progressive, Responsible, Independent, Dedicated and Expert, at the centre of our work.…
This December, we chose to support The Great Ormond Street Children’s Charity for a second year. We fundraised throughout the month, we wore Christmas jumpers, had bake sales and held raffles. Each year in our office, we buy Christmas cards…
As ISO Consultants we are keen to understand the clauses of ISO Standards that our clients find most challenging, so we can focus our support in those areas. Assent have analysed a sample of over 1,300 anonymised non-conformances from a…
If you’re responsible for implementing an ISO Standard in your organisation it may feel like you need to tackle every requirement on your own. And while ISO Consultants from Assent can support you at every stage, there are some things…
Defeating Encryption: Are popular messaging apps REALLY that secure? Texting has become a large part of all our lives – in fact, texting is the most prevalent form of communication for under 50’s. We trust in the security of these…
‘Root Cause Analysis’ is a term that appears often in business but how do organisations use this as a tool to drive improvement? What Does Root Cause Analysis Mean? When things go wrong we want to fix them quickly,…
