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The Railway Industry Supplier Qualification Scheme – RISQS

Comprehensive supplier assurance for GB Rail

RISQS has more than 4,000 supplier members – we help them demonstrate their capabilities and give them visibility. We’re designed for the rail industry and overseen by independent industry figures. We’re always evolving to become more efficient and cost-effective, including a smarter, simpler platform, enhanced audit services and benchmarking. We’re here to provide the industry with supplier assurance that’s fit for the future.

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Buyers

Rail buyers need to find the right suppliers, with the right capabilities, at the right time. RISQS helps you do this. 

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Suppliers

Rail suppliers need to be visible to buyers and demonstrate the right capabilities. RISQS helps put you, and your verified capabilities, in front of the industry’s biggest buyers.

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RICCL

RICCL stands for Railway Industry Commodity Classification List and it is a flexible list that contains all the commodities (equipment, materials and services) that are purchased for the railway. 

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RISQS Webinar: Competencies and Compliance on Designing Safe Work Packs

Join our next webinar, ‘Competencies and compliance on designing Safe Work Packs’, which will take place on Thursday 30 November 2023 at 11.00–12.00 noon. 

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Events

Due to significant feedback regarding competency and compliance when it comes to designing Safe Work Packs - we have scheduled another webinar - ‘Competencies and compliance on designing Safe Work Packs’, will take place on Thursday 30 November 2023 at 11.00–12.00 noon.

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RISQS sees 50%+ increase in supplier compliance post-webinar

Supplier compliance is an essential issue, and the recent audit shows the areas that are of most concern.

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Xavier’s case is often described as a strong contributor to the necessary improvements in employment law and practices that followed. The unjust challenges he faced, and his successful overcoming of them, provided a sp men in many previously ‘males only’ roles in rail, such as operating and maintaining signals, oiling points, and track maintenance, because they’d already done so in other roles during the war. 

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The railway industry needs diversity to embrace the decades of change ahead

Workforce diversity is increasingly being recognised as a social good for employers but there’s also a compelling case that diversity is an essential driver of innovation. Rail’s history of diversity helps show the way to the innovative future we need.

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RISQS Webinar Series: Staying compliant in a changing world

As we look ahead to CP7, please join our latest RISQS webinar where Phil Smith, Scheme Manager, will share vital information on compliance for suppliers operating within the railway industry.

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We have updated our Privacy Notice

Recent updates to our Privacy Notice ensure we are transparent about how we use your personal data.

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Volunteering, Charities & Social Enterprise

What do volunteering, charities, or social enterprise have to do with the railway industry?

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