Compliance

Arranging for acompany or part of acompany to comply with national pr international standards such as ISO 9001 ISO 14001 CE Marking BS EN 1090 ISO 17020 ISO 17025
BRC systems

Gemba Walks: A Non-Confrontational Internal Audit Method for Process Standardisation

Alastair Inskip on 2024-10-07 In any business, having clear and consistent processes is crucial to ensuring smooth operations, maintaining quality, and boosting productivity. Process standardisation—where everyone follows the same steps to achieve the same outcome—helps reduce mistakes, save time, and create predictable results. Using traditional internal audit methods to identify deviations from standard operating procedures (SOPs) can sometimes be Read More...

ISO27001:2013 – The Importance and the Benefits

Richard Garwell on 2017-09-07 This post is a follow-on from my previous post: Information Security and Measures to Achieve it. Over the last few years, there have been several high-profile businesses that have suffered data security problems. Tesco Bank, TalkTalk, eBay, and Carphone Warehouse to name a few. However, the impact on SMEs must also be considered; the average cost to Read More...

Information Security and Measures to Achieve It

Richard Garwell on 2017-04-18 Information security is defined as the state of being protected against the unauthorised use of information, especially electronic data, or the measures taken to achieve this. It is a subject that is omnipresent in both our personal and professional lives. Figures indicate that the cost of cyber-crime to all UK businesses could jump by nearly Read More...

Brexit – So what about all those EC regulations now?

Wilson Lee on 2016-09-22 A few weeks before the referendum I predicted that people who were hoping we’d scrap all those European product standards and regulations would be disappointed because few if any of them would actually be changed (see this post here). So how are things looking three months after the UK opted for Brexit? The most obvious Read More...

Brexit & The Truth About EC Regulations

Wilson Lee on 2016-06-01 (See the post-brexit follow up to this blog here) As the Referendum draws ever closer, the volume and intensity of the claims from both sides seems to be increasing at a near exponential rate. Almost every day one side will make some dramatic claim and the other will immediately rubbish it. Far from informing us Read More...

Food For Thought: New Labelling Laws

Wilson Lee on 2014-12-17 Know your onions when it comes to ingredients! New Food Labelling rules became Law on 13th December 2014. Within this post, we are going to cover what these rules mean for different types of businesses. If you are a food business manufacturing pre-packed food… The new allergen information rules will mean that: You will have Read More...

Importers: So you thought you didn’t have to CE Mark?

Wilson Lee on 2014-12-04 Are you an Importer of Construction Products (e.g Bolts/Steel sections)? Do you know your obligations? This applies to those companies that import construction products such as steel sections or structural bolts from manufacturers outside the European Union. Since 1st July 2014 it also applies to companies that import fabricated steel complying with BS EN 1090-1. Read More...