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With the deadline almost upon us and thousands of organisations still to transfer over to the new ISO 9001:2015 standard, we look at the most common issues companies have been facing when it comes to getting their QMS...

What is HS2? High Speed 2 (HS2) is a planned high-speed railway service line currently in development. The line takes the form of a ‘Y’, with London at the bottom…

The importance of going green In November, the government released new statistics on fuel consumption, emissions and pollutants, and no surprise, they are still high. With these…

We take a look at bid writer Rach's day.

A frequently occurring memory from my time in primary school is always ‘the gym apparatus’. A basic metal frame standing no more than six feet tall, its use in…

The new year is a time for reflection for many businesses, and an excellent time to set new objectives for the year ahead. Growth target setting is an integral part of looking ahead, but have you thought about how the...

2017 has been an extremely busy one for Executive Compass® – we take a look back at our achievements and projects over the past year to give you an insight in to what the team has been up to.

The financial support offered by grants, which can be thousands of pounds, can help you to expand your business. Grants are funds awarded to an organisation for a particular purpose, and to win one you will often need...

Chris Grayling, the transport secretary, has recently announced his intention to reopen some of the train routes that were removed during the Beeching cuts in the 1960s, severing links between many towns and villages....

The Equality Act 2010 is an amalgamation of previous anti-discrimination laws and offers a comprehensive legal basis to ensure that individuals are protected from discrimination, and that those who experience it can t...

A diverse range of tender documents of differing sizes and complexities pass across our desks each month, and this latest case study gives you an insight into the requirements of commissioning authorities and the chal...

Social value is going to be a permanent fixture within the procurement world. The introduction of the Social Value Act in 2012 confirmed this by ensuring that every organisation procuring services had to take account ...