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Find out what Senior Lead Assessor, Colin Watkins and Client Care Team Leader, Lauren Kebby had to say about First Fence Limited…

Since the first lockdown, cyber security has been on the rise but why? Quite simply because remote working employees are easy targets and businesses are finding it difficult to manage everyone. So, what can organisations do to protect their cyber security?

Support meeting, internal review, bi-annual meeting – it all means the same thing. It is a non-certificate dependent check from us to ensure that you are on track with your management system.  Let’s face it, nobody wants to have a week of panic prior to their recertification audit to gather all the supporting evidence and worse still, fail an audit and not receive their certification at all!

Recognise those who have gone above and beyond for your organisation during the pandemic in our Good Egg Awards…..

We’ve teamed up with IIRSM to offer you a place on their live online risk management training.

I remember sitting there back in March 2020 when the announcement was made that the schools and nurseries were closing and breaking down in tears.  Aside from it really starting to hit about how serious this new ‘corona virus’ thing was, I went into a total panic about how on earth I was going to manage with a two year old and a 5 year old whilst working and home schooling.  It wasn’t long before I realised just how impractical that was and within weeks, I furloughed for what turned out to be 5 ½ looooong months.

I’m sure we all remember the countdown to 25^th May 2018… GDPR day.  But now the Brexit transition period has ended, was it all a waste of our time?

As we navigate the fallout of COVID-19, we have seen significant changes in the way businesses operate along with changes to our customers’ needs and expectations.  Going forward, this will continue to evolve and like everything else at present, be a little unpredictable.  It is therefore more vital than ever to put your customer first if you are to survive these difficult times.  Understanding your customers’ needs, expectations and experience will help you achieve this.

Blue Monday, the most depressing day of the year – allegedly!

The third Monday of January was awarded the title of ‘Blue Monday’ due to a combination of post-Christmas blues, cold dark nights, failing our new years resolutions and the arrival of credit card bills!  After a difficult year and Christmas being cancelled for more than 16 million people (let’s not even mention lockdown 3.0), we may be feeling bluer than usual.  Here are our tips for beating Blue Monday and any day for that matter:

Juggling home working with childcare? Get our top tips for managing the latest UK lockdown including our home working and wellbeing tips!