ISO consultant in Medway
ISO that grows with your Medway business
Local, proportionate and discerning ISO consultants for Chatham, Rochester, Gillingham and Rainham.
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ISO that grows with your Medway business
Local, proportionate and discerning ISO consultants for Chatham, Rochester, Gillingham and Rainham.
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ISO certification in Medway that grows with your business
Growing businesses rarely stand still. A new customer, a second unit or a bigger contract, and the ISO system you started with no longer fits the way you work.
We are local ISO consultants based in Ditton, a short drive over Bluebell Hill from Chatham and Rochester. We build a proportionate system for the business you are today, then grow it with you, using a lead auditor's discerning eye to decide what each next step really needs.
When growth outpaces your ISO system
These are the moments we see most often in growing Kent businesses.
Ten staff become thirty
Procedures that worked when everyone shared one office stop being followed, and new starters learn the job their own way.
One site becomes two
Two ways of doing the same job, and an auditor who spots the difference.
A customer asks for more
ISO 14001 or ISO 45001 on top of your ISO 9001, usually with a contract deadline attached.
The person who ran ISO moves on
A promotion or a new job, and nobody else knows how the system fits together.
ISO that grows at the same pace as your business, with a friendly critical eye on every step.
Local, proportionate and discerning ISO for Medway businesses
A short drive from the Medway towns.
We come to your premises in Chatham, Rochester, Strood, Gillingham or Rainham, with the same two people at every visit.
Internal audits happen on your shop floor, in your warehouse or out on site.
Sized for today, ready to grow.
Only what your business needs now, extended when you take on new staff, sites or standards.
Adding ISO 14001 to ISO 9001 means building on what you have, so your team keeps one set of paperwork.
Knowing which changes matter.
A lead auditor's view of which changes your certification body needs to know about, and which simply need recording.
Before a new contract starts, we check your system against what that customer will ask to see.
ISO support across the Medway towns
Chatham
- Chatham Maritime
- Lordswood Industrial Estate
- Businesses across Walderslade and Luton
Rochester and Strood
- Medway City Estate
- Rochester Airport and Innovation Park Medway
- Businesses across Strood and Frindsbury
Gillingham and Rainham
- Gillingham Business Park
- Businesses across Gillingham and Rainham
- The villages towards the Hoo Peninsula
We already support a growing Medway food business with food safety and health and safety. Our nearest ISO clients are along the M2 in Sittingbourne and over the hill in Maidstone, and we cover the whole of Kent and the South East.
How growing Medway businesses keep ISO on track
As a business grows, there are usually three ways to keep ISO up to date.
Add it to someone's job
ISO lands with the busiest person in the business, usually at the busiest time. It slips until the next audit is close.
Employ a quality manager
Quality manager roles commutable from Chatham and Gillingham have been advertised at £40,000 to £50,000 a year. Add employer costs on top, and it is a big fixed overhead while you are still growing.
Work with a local ISO consultant
Support that grows in step with you, from a team a short drive away, with a lead auditor checking each change.
Bespoke ISO support across Medway
Growing businesses change quickly, so every piece of work we do is priced by proposal and planned around where you are now.
That might be your first certificate, adding a second standard, bringing a new site into your system, or simply keeping everything in shape between audits.
What we do with you
- Regular visits to your premises from Jeanette and Tim
- Build your system, or extend the one you have
- Carry out internal audits and run your management review
- Stand alongside you whenever the external auditor visits
Take on the next contract knowing your ISO system can keep up.
Your system changes when your business does, and your surveillance visit stays an ordinary working day.
Local
- Two familiar faces, a short drive away
- Audits on your own premises
Proportionate
- A system that is the right size at every stage
- New standards built into the system you already have
Discerning
- Clear advice on which changes matter
- Checks against what each new customer will ask for
★★★★★
We've worked with Jeanette for a while now on both food safety and health & safety related matters and cannot recommend her enough. She's always happy to answer questions (no matter how silly) and is very thorough in her approach, which is exactly what you need and provides peace of mind. As a small, scaling business, it's vital to have someone who knows what they're doing to a T and it takes the guesswork out of it all.
Team Condimaniac, Medway client, Google review
A family-run ISO consultancy, a short drive from Medway
Next Step Compliance is Jeanette Wessen and Tim Thompson, a husband-and-wife team in Ditton. The same two people work with you as your business grows.
Jeanette holds IRCA lead auditor registration across ISO 9001, 14001 and 45001, is NEBOSH qualified, and led a department in teaching before moving into compliance. She has a 100% certification pass rate.
Tim joined the business from a background in precision manufacturing, and is studying for his IRCA qualifications.
ISO services for Medway businesses
Whatever stage your business is at, each service keeps your system the right size for it.
ISO 9001 quality management
Consistent quality as your output and your team grow.
ISO 14001 environmental management
Often the next standard a bigger customer asks for.
ISO 45001 health and safety
Safe working practices that keep up with new staff and sites.
Internal audits
An IRCA registered lead auditor checking your system on site.
Your first ISO certificate
A system sized for the business you are today.
SSIP accreditation
CHAS, Constructionline, SafeContractor and Achilles for contractors.
Changing consultant
Bring your system with you and keep what already works.
Outsourced compliance manager
Compliance support that scales with you, without a new salary.
Questions about ISO in Medway
Do you come out to businesses in Medway?
Yes. Our base in Ditton is a short drive over Bluebell Hill, and we visit businesses at their own premises across Chatham, Rochester, Strood, Gillingham and Rainham.
Can our ISO system grow as we take on more staff or sites?
Yes, and that is how we build it. We start with what your business needs now, then extend the system as you grow, so you are never running a system that is too big for you or one that has fallen behind.
We already have ISO 9001. Can you add ISO 14001 or ISO 45001?
Yes. We build the new standard into the system you already have, so your team works with one set of documents and one round of internal audits instead of two or three.
Do we need to tell our certification body when we open a new site?
Usually, yes. A new site or a big change in what you do can change the scope of your certificate, and your certification body may want to audit it. We help you work out what needs reporting and plan it in before it becomes a problem.
How long does it take to get ISO 9001 for the first time?
It varies with the size of the business and what you have in place already. Once we have talked and walked round your premises, you get an honest timescale and a plan that covers only the work you need.
How much does ISO support cost in Medway?
We quote for each piece of work separately, from a first certificate to adding a new site, so the cost stays in proportion to the size of your business. Your first 30 minute chat costs nothing.
Do you help with food safety and health and safety as well as ISO?
We do. Jeanette has a BSc in Human Nutrition, Level 4 HACCP and NEBOSH, and we support growing food businesses with HACCP, BRCGS and SALSA, as well as health and safety and ISO 45001. Team Condimaniac, a Medway food business, works with us on both food safety and health and safety.
Talk to an ISO consultant in Medway
Book a free 30 minute chat, or call us on 01732 711674. Tell us where your business is heading, and we will tell you honestly what your ISO system needs to keep up.
Get in contact with Next Step Compliance
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