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Government Grants for Businesses

Date: 08 Oct 2019
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API Q1,Business tips,Interesting read,ISO,ISO 14001,ISO 27001,ISO 45001,ISO 9001,ISO Standards
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Government Grant assistance for businesses is now available to assist achieving ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and other Management Standard certification. Government Grants have been up to 30%. Traditionally the funding has been very defined by the area or the special activity. Then Grants were available under the Growth Accelerator scheme nationally. This changed suddenly when the Scheme was abolished in November...


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Over 30% of UK Applicants for API Q1 and Q2 were supported by Charter 4

Date: 08 Apr 2015
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API Q1,API Q2,ISO Standards
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Last year after the 9th Edition API Q1 Standard upgrade, Charter 4 Solutions assisted 30% of Applicants in the UK. This year, the figure has increased. If you want the advantages of achieving API Q1 or Q2 or marking your products with the API Monogram, please contact Charter 4 for a no-obligation discussion on info@charter4.com or call 01635595123


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API Q1 Training & Coaching

Date: 27 Dec 2014
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API Q1,API Q2,Best practice,Business tips
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Onsite and offsite training, coaching and support provided to assist Organisations achieve and maintain certification to API Q1, Q2 and the relevant API Technical Specs. With the change of API Q1 to 9th Edition, a number of Organisations have found, that not only are the changes are significant, but also that it is not obvious, how best to implement the changes. Charter 4 can assist you with the transition...


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API Q2 or Q1 Management Standard Certification?

Date: 22 Oct 2014
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API Q1,API Q2
Posted by: charles
There is some confusion as to which of the API Management Standards, that companies should be assess to. In the past it was simple, since API Q1 covered both Manufacturing and Service Organisations. However the Q1 (8th Edition) requirements were strongly oriented to Manufacturing. This was especially, when assessment was linked to a technical API Specification. Therefore few Service organisation...


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ISO 29001 no longer equivalent to API Q1

Date: 03 Sep 2014
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API Q1,Business tips,ISO Standards
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Is your business registered to the Oil and Gas Industry Standard ISO 29001? Did you know that if you want to continue to supply to the Oil & Gas industry, you now need to convert to API Q1? As of 1st June 2014, API was no longer considered ISO/TS 29001: 2010 Petroleum, Petrochemical and Natural Gas Industries Standard, as being equivalent to API Q1 and the APIQR Registration Program.  All previously...


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API Q1 Quality Standard Infographic for the Oil & Gas Industry

Date: 02 Jul 2014
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API Q1,Infographic
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Charter 4 have created an infographic on the Quality Management Standard, API Q1, for the Oil & Gas Industry. For more information on gaining API Q1, contact us today.


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API Q1 9th Edition Conformity Matrix – Worldwide assistance

Date: 18 May 2014
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API Q1,Best practice,Business tips,ISO Standards
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API Q1 Conformity Matrix was orginally to assist with the signifcant transistion to API Q1 9th Edition. The API Q1 9thEdition has been a significant upgrade and the changes include: Renumbering of all clauses 85+ new clauses 5 new sections New concepts including Risk Management, Management of Change, Contingency Planning, Preventative Maintenance, Production Realisation Capability Additionally...


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Incorporating Risk in Management Standards

Date: 05 Apr 2014
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API Q1,Best practice,Interesting read,ISO,ISO 14001,ISO 27001,ISO 45001,ISO 9001,ISO Standards
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Risk at present is very popular. More of different Management Standards are now incorporating Risk as part of their requirements. The reason is that it is a more robust and auditable requirement to assist Improvements than the traditional "Preventative Action", which companies have often struggled to demonstrate  compliance. Too often with smaller Organisations, they are regularly implement improvement...


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API Conformity Matrix – required?

Date: 08 Mar 2014
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API Q1,ISO Standards
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The API Conformity Matrix can be daunting API’s Conformance Matrix is required to be completed by all new API Spec Q1 registering organisations. Orginally it was created for the change to the 9th Edition to manage the transition. The 9th Edition was a significant change, with over 85 new Clauses and 5 new Sections. The changes include new concepts like Risk management as well as new requirements...


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API Q1 and ISO 29001 Divorce

Date: 07 Mar 2014
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API Q1,ISO,ISO Standards
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The new and updated API Specification Q1 9th Edition was published June 2013. The new API QI standard does not refer to ISO 29001. Additionally on the ISO website, there is no updated ISO 29001 standard, either published or under development. This is curious. Previously API Q1 8th Edition was also published as ISO/TS 29001:2007. To quote the ISO website, “the intention was to provide a single...


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