Please follow the links below for alarming news about security breaches of data held on computers and other electronic media.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7359263.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7461619.stm

It is your legal responsibility to protect your customers'/patients'/clients' data at all times. While encrypting data, use of firewalls etc will assist security during the life span of your electronic equipment, the only secure way to destroy hard drives, USB sticks (memory sticks) and other electronic media is by shredding. Shredall offers this complete service with all materials being recycled where possible.

Please click on the links below to see how vulnerable your personal details can be when not handled correctly:-

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article2912937.ece

and

http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=195917&command=displayContent&sourceNode=134241&contentPK=18808199&folderPk=78486&pNodeId=133951

For further information please go to www.stop-idfraud.co.uk

October has been another busy month for Shredall Commercial Manager, Carole Woolhouse, who has been asked to write a white paper about Confidential Data Destruction for the Workplace Law Network. The website provides information for UK employers and managers, specialising in facilities, employment law and health & safety . To take advantage of this specialist information and to read the white paper submitted by Carole please visit www.workplacelaw.net.

Shredall is pleased to announce that it has been audited successfully against BS 8470:2006 Secure destruction of confidential material - Code of practice as part of its annual ISO 9001 surveillance visit. This will give current and future customers complete reassurance that Shredall is operating to the highest standards.

BS 8470 covers key areas such as security and screening of personnel, but section 12 specifies that where practicable, end products consisting of recyclable material should be recycled. Shredall is very much signed up to this part of the standard. For example, all shredded paper is recycled, and all other waste streams (including IT equipment) are segregated for recycling.

Shredall is also pleased to confirm that the revised and extended scope of the company's ISO 9001 certification includes SDS's document and data storage facilities and records management services. For full details, please visit www.sds-storage.co.uk or call 0115 965 6300 and ask for Lucy Williams, SDS Manager.

Click on the link below to see how easily confidentiality can be breached if documents are not stored, shredded and recycled securely.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/nottinghamshire/6593347.stm

Please click on the link below for further information on the impact of identity theft and the vulnerability of unprotected discarded data.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/03/25/shredded_identities/?page=1

Shredall is proud of its positive impact on the environment, through the facilitation of paper and IT recycling, but knows that independent recognition against ISO 14001 is the next logical step. The company has in place Environmental and Ethics Policies, issued in 2006, and feels the time is now right to launch its environmental objectives.

Lloyd Williams, MD, says, “Shredall is becoming something of a rarity: not only are we are an independent provider of confidential waste destruction services, but we provide genuine personal service coupled with quality, reliability and environmental conscience. By aiming for ISO 14001, we are sending a clear message to our customers: that we are committed to the minimisation of our environmental impact and the full implementation of our ethics policy.”

Over the last 12 months Shedall has reviewed its business operations and has identified robust health and safety control systems. These demonstrate to the customers Shredall's commitment to its workforce and its commitment to good practice across all the services that are offered. In recognition of this achievement  Shredall has today been awarded the OSHAS 18001 Health and Safety Standard by the NQA auditors.

This standard ensures Shredall's policies, procedures, systems and processes meet the best practice in the UK. Hazard identification and subsequent risk assessments have improved safe operations both on and off-site. This has been achieved by staff consultation and specific training sessions underpinned by management control and review. 

2007 also sees Shredall celebrating its 10th anniversary but not happy to rest on its business success and accreditations, moving forward the company will now be concentrating efforts on ISO 14001.

Every week Shredall sends Client Surveys out to a random selection of customers and January 2007 has once again proved that customer satisfaction is Shredall's priority. Out of those surveys returned in January 100% of customers agreed that:

1) Shredall operational staff are polite, friendly and cooperative.

2) Shredall operational staff are quick and efficient in completing their work.

3) Shredall office and sales staff are polite, professional, informative and friendly.

4) Shredall office staff are efficient at returning phone calls, faxes and emails regarding queries.

5) Shredall provides a cost effective shredding service.

'These statistics prove the commitment that all our staff have to the company and the satisfaction that they feel in their own job roles. Results like this bolster company morale and are a great start to a very promising New Year,' commented Lloyd Williams, Managing Director of Shredall.

Kelly Seymour has been voted Shredall Employee of the Year 2006 in recognition of her enthusiasm, initiative, flexibility and helpfulness.  All Shredall employees were asked to vote in December for the member of staff who they thought most deserved the title and at the Shredall Christmas Party the announcement was made. 

Kelly has made wonderful progress in the company since she joined in 2005 as a receptionist. Her role has seen many changes as the company has grown over this 2 year period and now Kelly is also in charge of the Sales Ledger.  This steep learning curve has forced Kelly to learn several new software applications such as Sage and Verishred but Kelly has tackled all of this with determination and ease.

In 2007 Kelly, who already has an impressive list of NVQ qualifications, will be embarking on NVQ Level 3 Business Administration.  Through a series of course works and on-the job assessments we will keep you up-to-date with Kelly's progress but want to take this opportunity now to congratulate her and wish her luck for success in the future.

It is with great pleasure that we can announce that after a December 2006 assessment the Shredall Group continues to meet the Investors In People Standard with a new certificate issued by The East Midlands Quality Centre Ltd. The assessment report concluded saying:

"In line with the evidence presented in this report, I have no hesitation in confirming that the Shredall Group should continue to be recognised as an organisation that meets the requirements of the Investors in People standard.

The firm has clearly defined objectives for the future and the positive atmosphere that is established within the organisation plus the high level of teamwork being displayed amongst colleagues is fine testimony to the attitude and efforts of all involved. These qualities should also enable the Shredall Group to successfully meet any challenges arising from implementation/achievement of their expansion plans for the future.

I received full cooperation from all involved in this assessment and I was made to feel very welcome by all of the staff whilst carrying our this review."

Shredall attend PRISM European Conference. Shredall has recently attended the European conference of PRISM the Professional Records company Global Trade Association. PRISM holds 3 conferences per year in the U.S.A. Europe and ASIA. This year ‘Across Borders Conference’ was held in Geneva Switzerland. SDS having attended the last 5 Across Borders Conferences plus 2 in the U.S., Shredall is keen to keep a breast of all new and breaking trends within the industry.

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Local data Destruction Company Shredall trains their forth HGV driver/operator in 3 years, Shredall is delighted to record that driver/operator Ricky Jarvis has passed his HGV test recently. Over the last 3 years Shredall has trained their drivers internally and are proud of their fantastic success rate.

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Shredall has worked towards OHSAS 18001:1999 throughout the latter end of 2005 and all of 2006 having had an interim audit from NQA during October 2006 where we were given an excellent at that stage we are now working towards and finalising our standard before the official audit on 3rd January 2007.

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