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Why adopt Risk-based thinking? Towards the end of 2015, the ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 standards saw fundamental upgrades to their management systems. One of the biggest areas of focus was a change towards risk-based thinking. Taking a more pro-active stance on risk is now a big part towards complying to new versions of the standards. It is not a new philosophy…


Welcome to the ISO Quality Services Ltd February 2015 Newsletter, we hope that you are having a great month! So far this month we have seen England beat Wales in the Rugby, SKY paid £5.14bn to show Premier League football and HSBC allegedly helping clients evade tax. What’s in this issue? Congratulations to our Newly Certificated Clients ‘Business as usual’ is not always the safest path UK Firms not heeding Cyber Attack advice Report ALL accidents and near misses! Eight reasons management review meetings under-perform SME’s should take advantage of the lack of trust Tender Process, Quality Manager and Environmental Manager Training available NOW! Be part of our LinkedIn community Networking events in February – March 2015 Refer a friend Congratulations to our Newly…


Business continuity is defined as the ability of an organisation to continue the delivery of its products/services to a minimum desired level following a major disruptive incident. Such disruptive incidents can affect businesses of any size or type and can include any of the following: A computer virus attacking your server, Bad weather (E.g. Flooding),…


The BS OHSAS 18001:2007 Health and Safety management system is a systematic and process driven approach to controlling and monitoring risks that can arise from the company’s day to day activities. This system is proven to enable the business to be pro-active rather then re-active, therefore more effectively protecting the health and welfare of your workforce on an on-going basis. Did you know? 26.4 million working days were lost…


ISO Quality Services has held another Risk Assessment training Course with great success! The delegates were put through their paces identifying certain risks and knowing how to define health and safety law. The course covers the below topics: Concepts of risk and hazard. Concepts of a safe work environment. Hazard identification and differentiation between hazard…


Information leakage is the most prevalent vulnerability found with a likelihood of 55% to have at least one serious vulnerability appearing on a site… 86% of all websites had at least one serious vulnerability during 2012… Only 68% of consumers have ever had security training… 78% of employees can access business information from personal devices…  61%…


Welcome to the March edition of our newsletter, where the sun has shone, we have celebrated St Patrick’s Day and the Daffodils are well on their way! Congratulations to our Newly Certificated Clients ISO Quality Services Environmental Manager Training Course Wet mopping can increase the risk of slipping Study finds-UK firms see 1,000+ internal data breaches a day Be part of our LinkedIn community Refer a friend Congratulations to our Newly Certificated Clients Futura Design Limited Founded in 1987 by David Abel and his business partner Graham Astbury, Futura’s approach has always been to combine…


…Gain the ISO 22301 Business Continuity Management System Wouldn’t it make life a lot simpler if you had the ability to carry on with your days work regardless of any major or minor incident? The ISO 22301 Business Continuity Management System leads to greater competiveness and decreases the amount of ‘down time’ a company will…


What happens with all of your paper documents from in the office?  What happens to all of your client details? Do you want to keep your clients safe from Identity theft? ….Then the BS EN 15713 Secure Destruction of Confidential Material Management Standard might just be the system you need in place! Did you know….?…


Risk assessments are critical to protect your business and the welfare of your employees.  We understand that the concept of ‘Risk Assessments’ can often strike fear amongst business owners and the employees within that business that are responsible for carrying them out. There is a skill to managing risk assessments and that is to firstly prioritise the…