Category Archives: ISO 45001

Which Standards are affected? More than 30 standards have been updated. The key standards affecting clients of ISO QSL include:  ISO 9001 Quality Management  ISO 14001 Environmental  ISO 27001 Information Security  ISO 45001 Occupational Health and Safety  ISO 22301 Business Continuity What’s Changed?  The recent changes relate to Clause 4: Context of the Organisation. Overall,…


ISO standards provide a globally recognised framework that guides organisations toward excellence in various domains such as quality, environmental management, information security and health and safety. Leveraging the common structure offered by Annex SL can further streamline and simplify the process of implementing and managing multiple ISO standards simultaneously, unlocking a range of benefits for businesses. The…


What is Annex SL? Annex SL provides a standardised high-level structure for ISO standards, making it easy for organisations to implement multiple standards. Annex SL outlines a set of common clauses which are included in the key management standards such as ISO 9001 , ISO 14001 , ISO 27001 , and ISO 45001 .  These clauses cover the essential aspects of a management…


Duncan Sutcliffe, director, Sutcliffe & Co Insurance Brokers, explains, “Just like any industry, the insurance market goes through peaks and troughs. A ‘hard market’ is the upswing in a market cycle, when premiums increase and capacity for most types of insurance decreases.” A hard market can be caused by several factors: • Solvency Margins: Insurers…


Insurance companies are now more fussy than ever so if you want insurance for your care home to remain affordable and effective you need to make yourself attractive to the underwriters. One of the best things care businesses can do is to demonstrate a high standard of professionalism, risk management and a culture of ongoing…


After many years of ‘cheap’ insurance the rising costs of claims, various regulatory and legislative changes, falling investment returns, climatic events and coronavirus have forced insurers to take drastic steps to break even. The construction sector had the additional shock of Grenfell Tower, which has created far reaching concerns over high rise buildings, cladding and…


This has come about because insurance companies have struggled to balance their books in recent years but they now face a number of regulatory and legislative changes, a fall in the value of their investments, an increase in climate related claims and of course Coronavirus. All of these are forcing insurers to take a hard…


Two years ago the eagerly anticipated ISO 45001 Occupational Health and Safety Management System was released, making the BS OHSAS 18001 Health and Safety Management System obsolete. If you’re currently operating under BS OHSAS 18001, you have until March 2021 to re-certificate to ISO 45001 .  You may be tempted to put it off until as late as possible…


Employee recognition plays a vital role in retaining talent in our organisations but it’s hard to recognise those whose contributions aren’t measured simply with sales figures or Twitter followers. Our Good Egg Awards give recognition to those who are the backbone of our organisations but whose contributions are frequently overlooked.  It takes just a minute…


Linden Care Homes provides nursing, residential, residential Dementia and short term Respite Care to families at their three purpose-built Care Homes in Staffordshire and North Warwickshire. Their triple ISO Certification has helped the business stand out from the crowd and, to the best of our knowledge, they are the only Care Home company to be certificated to three…