ISO 45001:2018 is now superseding OHSAS 18001 with a 3 year transition period until 2021, after which all exisiting OHSAS 18001 certifications will lapse. ISO 45001 is now based on the Annex SL common framework standard along with other management systems (e.g. ISO 9001:2015 and 14001:2015) and is therefore expected to be fully integrated with those systems as well as within the operation of the business or organisation. The new Standard Read More

The three year transition period for existing users to migrate to the 2015 versions of ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 is now expiring which means that any existing registrations will lapse. This means that a new certification assessment will be required in order to gain a new registration. Brian Mead, Business Improvement Services can help with this and will try to make the process as simple and effective as Read More

London based advertising agency ICP are one of the first BIS clients to attain the new ISO 9001:2015 standard. This new revision of ISO 9001 focuses now on so-called risk based management as well as requiring the management to better understand how the business can be affected by external influences. A number of other BIS clients are approaching re-certifications to the new 2015 revisions of both the ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 Read More

Business Improvement Services are now starting to update its clients' management systems to comply with the new ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 14001:2015 standards in preparation for their next surveillance visits. The new ISO 9001 revision puts much greater emphasis on "risk based management" and this is reflected in the updated systems documentation. Read More

Congratulations to another BIS client, FG Disposals, who have just gained both ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 Read More

The new release of ISO 14001 now appears to be in the final stages of consultation and should be with us by the end of the year as ISO 14001:2015. Changes are likely to be fairly significant and in particular it will put more emphasis on the responsibilities of top management to ensure that the management system is implemented effectively and does promote real environmental Read More

The new ISO 9001:2015 release is in the final stages of review now but is not likely to be published until the end of this year so 2016 is likely to be a fairly busy year for users of ISO 9001 as they will need to work out how the changes will affect them. Clients of Brian Mead, Business Improvement Services will of course get all the help they need to make sure that the required changes are both beneficial to the business and are Read More

Congratulations to Business Improvement Services' clients 1st Waste on their recent successful assessment for ISO 9001 certification, and AJ Dunne on their ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 Read More