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The flexibility within Alpha Tracker has enabled them to schedule projects, take samples within Tracker Mobile, and then report results back to their clients.
Our Alpha Tracker asbestos software laboratories all hold this UKAS accreditation and so the webinar will be of interest to those businesses and many more.
It's the update to Release 31 and contains more than 500(!) improvements. In particular, we have improved and extended the calendar features within the system incorporating as many suggestions as possible from clients.
Here is a quick video to introduce Release 32 to you:
Release 32.5 is just around the corner too with significant changes and improvements to the asbestos fibre analysis functions, of particular interest to asbestos labs.
Finally, in these weird and worrying times of Coronavirus "lockdown" and the pressures this is putting on the economies around the world, please know that we are thinking of all of our clients facing tough times and that Start Software and Alpha Tracker will be here to support you now and when we come through the other side.
It's great to see some of our asbestos software Alpha Tracker users helping the NHS in the fight against COVID-19 and Coronavirus.
Some asbestos surveyors unable to work are donating their PPE to local hospitals and other health and care workers. Others are working on construction projects helping the development of new healthcare or COVID-19 testing facilities.
While workers are staying out of central Adelaide, the wildlife is moving in. How about this action captured by the SA Police CCTV only a couple of streets away from our Alpha Tracker office!
In all of the gloom and doom we are all currently suffering, it is was good to end the week on a high with this lovely email from one of our Alpha Tracker asbestos consultancy software users:
The document, called "Technical Policy Statement (TPS) 73: UKAS Policy on Accreditation and Conformity Assessment During the Coronavirus Outbreak" is a must-read for any UKAS-accredited asbestos consultancies during this difficult period.
UKAS goes on to say "This TPS has been produced to combine the guidance that we have published over the last month, including UKAS Technical Bulletins and News Articles, as well as clarifying our position on certain policies that have been modified due to the expected extent of the current Coronavirus pandemic. It also incorporates guidance provided by the EA, ILAC and IAF."
We are having reports from asbestos surveyors across the UK that the Coronavirus crisis is starting to have less impact on the industry.
After a difficult three weeks when many buildings were closed down to visitors, asbestos surveyors using asbestos software Alpha Tracker are reporting that contracts are slowly being restarted as companies try to get essential maintenance work completed while buildings are largely empty of workers.
With the first UK 3-week Coronavirus lockdown cycle coming to an end this week, let's hope for the sake of the UK economy that there is light at the end of the tunnel.
We qualified for one of the government's Coronavirus grants - the Small Business Grant Fund (SBGF) - because of our Small Business Rates Relief (SBRR).
The application process via Telford & Wrekin Council was easy enough and two days later we have received the £10K grant into our bank account.
If you are an asbestos consultancy client using Alpha Tracker, working out of premises which attract SBRR, I would urge you also to apply for the grant as the admin is minimal and it will help through these difficult times.
March 2020 was another good month for our support desk helping asbestos surveyors and other software users across the UK and beyond.
Start Software Support Desk performance - March 2020
Nearly 95% of high priority issues were resolved within 2 hours and approaching 90% of all other queries were sorted within 4 working hours. That's pretty good going especially as the support staff are now working from home under the Coronavirus working guidance.
"The Certificate certifies that your organisation was assessed as meeting the Cyber Essentials implementation profile [BIS/14/696/1.5] and thus that, at the time of testing, the organisation’s ICT defences were assessed as satisfactory against commodity based cyber-attack"
We also help our clients with their own cyber security needs - can we help you?
your likelihood of having the virus based on your symptoms
whether what you have is a mild or severe case of COVID-19, and next step recommendations based on all of the above findings.
The app was built in just a few days showing the power and productivity of the Alpha Anywhere software platform and the scaleability and robustness of the AlphaCloud platform.
