At the end of September, Asckey underwent a 4-day reassessment ISO audit with the Global certification body, NQA. Asckey passed the audit and has been reaccredited with ISO 9001:2015 (Quality) and ISO 27001:2013 (ISMS).
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Facilities managers have always faced challenges as they seek the most effective way of managing their assets. This includes keeping asset information up to date and easily accessible; particularly in terms of asset availability, maintenance status and acquisition/disposal.
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Serco delivers services on behalf of governments and a range of public sector bodies across Defence, Justice, Immigration, Healthcare and Transport, and Citizen Services in the UK and internationally.
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Looking after estates is never easy and the risk of an aging record system can mean assets break down, maintenance targets aren’t achieved and compliance standards aren’t met. Budgets are also stretched as the result of reductions in asset lifespan and staff productivity as maintenance schedules are hampered by obsolete and unnecessary maintenance activity. In
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The National Standards for Healthcare Cleanliness 2021 were released on 26th April. These standards apply to all healthcare environments and replace previous National Specifications for Cleanliness in the NHS and the Cleaning PAS standard. Depending on the type of services provided, organisations have up to 18 months to transfer over to the new standards. What
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We know that facilities management software is an investment, but one that can create many long-term gains. However, it’s all about finding the right application for your organisation. Asckey specialises in facilities management software. Here we share a simplified overview of each application within our fmfirst® product suite. Computer-Aided-Facilities-Management software (CAFM) We built our CAFM
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fmfirst® Estates comes with a built-in tasking module but the application itself can be too comprehensive for what some of our clients need. As a result of conversations with some of our NHS clients, Asckey has extended its fmfirst® product portfolio and developed a simplified task management system, fmfirst® Tasking. fmfirst® Tasking has been designed
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During the recent lockdowns, the developers at Asckey have been busy developing two new modules for our CAFM application, fmfirst® Estates; Risk Assessment and Permits to Work. Risk Assessment Our new Risk Assessment module has been developed in conjunction with Canty Compliance. It provides its licensed users with the ability to import appropriate Canty risk
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Data security is a given with most companies, in the sense that companies are legally bound by the Data Protection Act 2018 and GDPR. Believe it or not, these are two separate things. The Data Protection Act 2018 controls how organisations, businesses, or the government use personal information. The Act was updated to incorporate GDPR,
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Survey software is the way forward, although paper-based surveys can still be found in many different organisations. Businesses face a seemingly endless need to prove that their processes and procedures are compliant with whatever standards their marketplace requires. Traditionally, this data collection is gathered through paper-based surveys, with the results presented in Excel or PowerPoint.
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