>> Quality Standards and Approvals

Squirrel began its ISO 9001 accreditation back in 1994 with the British Standards Institute (BSI) and has expanded it to include all of our sites as they are purchased and brought in to service. Squirrel's quality system was described as "mature" by a previous BSI assessor and was recently upgraded to an integrated management system (IMS) as our accreditation was extended to achieve the ISO 14001 environmental system.

Integrated Management Certification - PAS 99: 2006 Certificate No. 518949 (We are one of the first companies in the UK to achieve this)

Quality Management System - ISO 9001:2000 Certificate No. 28252 (We are now in our thirteenth year of accreditation)

Environmental Management System - ISO 14001: 2004 Certificate No. 510975 (We are only the second archive company in the UK to achieve this)

In 2004, we undertook a BSI benchmarking process that lead to the award of a Gold Standard. We ensure that our clients receive this service on a daily basis and we continually strive through continuous improvement initiatives to innovate our service delivery. We have never believed that we can be complacent and understand that the key to our track record is committed, trained staff who are enthusiastic and caring in their relationships with their clients.

As part of our Integrated Management System expansion programme, we intend to seek accreditation for our Health & Safety management system this year against the ISO 18001 standard.

In line with the recommendations of BS 5454:2000, all buildings are situated away from areas susceptible to natural or manmade hazards so all locations are situated away from high-risk flood areas. As part of our due diligence we undertake full risk assessment of each location. This has shown that, all sites have a very low risk of flooding. This means that the risk is less than a one in a thousand years.

We are accredited to BS EN ISO 9001-2000, certificate number FS 28252, as a firm of assessed capability in respect of Quality System standards, specifically for the provision of services and facilities for Self Storage, Managed Archive Services and Collection and Delivery of archived documentation. Our quality procedures are available should you wish to inspect them.

Squirrel recently achieved the BSI Gold Standard Award.

We are also accredited to BS EN ISO 14001:2004, certificate number EMS 510975, for the provision of an archiving service including the collection and retrieval of documents and data media. This also includes the provision of confidential document shredding services.

In 2006, as an indication of our commitment to our staff and people management systems, we achieved Investors in People accreditation.

Squirrel Storage is prepared to undertake to treat and retain as secret and confidential all information relating to a client.

We are registered under the Control of Pollution (Amendment) Act 1989 as waste carriers. We also destroy confidential documents for our existing storage clients by shredding documents that have reached their destruction date upon authorisation.

Data Protection Act
Squirrel Storage is registered under the Data Protection Act 1984, our registration number is N1197106, our registration can be viewed at the following location:
www.esd.informationcommissioner.gov.uk/esd/DoSearch.asp

Security and Confidentiality
Squirrel Storage is prepared to undertake to treat and retain as secret and confidential all information relating to a client or any systems of operation a client or any customer of a client. Any numbers, names and dates held on FileTrak® will only be used for the sole purpose of locating documents/boxes of documents that may be stored by Squirrel Storage that have been requested by a client.

Confidentiality Agreement
All Squirrel staff sign a confidentiality agreement as part of their contract of employment.

Control of Pollution (Amendment) Act 1989
We are registered under the Control of Pollution (Amendment) Act 1989 as waste carriers. We also destroy confidential documents for our existing clients by shredding. EWC code for waste produced is 03 03 08 wastes from sorting of paper and cardboard destined for recycling all the shredded paper is recycled at UK mills.

Environmental Policy
Squirrel Storage has a policy to reduce packaging waste and to facilitate an increase in the reuse and recycling of packaging materials. All our storage boxes are constructed of a single material that can be readily recycled. We offer alternative storage boxes, one of which is constructed of predominantly recycled material. When destroying boxes of archive material we have to act on clients' specific instructions. However, wherever possible we will use the most environmentally friendly method available at that time. We have separate refuse collections for materials that can be recycled.

Equal Opportunity Employer
Squirrel Storage is an equal opportunity employer. Employees are recruited without regard to race, colour, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, and marital or family status or disability.