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Evidence, AI and compliance, written plainly
What to check in a supplier file, what counts as evidence, what to ask an AI vendor, and where the limits are.
- Supplier compliance · 9 minHow to review supplier compliance evidence: a checklistCollecting supplier documents is the easy part. This is how to check that each one supports the requirement it was collected for, and how to record a decision that stands up when a customer or an auditor asks.
- Supplier compliance · 8 minHow to verify a supplier’s ISO certificateA PDF certificate proves very little on its own. Here is how to check one against the registers, which details to match, and what the 2026 changes to ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and the accreditation bodies mean for the certificates in your files.
- Supplier compliance · 9 minSupplier onboarding checklist: what to ask for and checkThe documents to request from a new UK supplier, where each one can be checked independently, and how often to check again. Covers company identity, VAT, bank details, insurance, certification, cyber security, data protection, modern slavery, bribery, sanctions and health and safety.
- Supplier compliance · 7 minHow to check a supplier’s Cyber Essentials certificateA Cyber Essentials badge on a website is a claim. Here is how to confirm the certificate in the official search, which details to match, how long it lasts, and what the April 2026 requirements and PPN 014 mean for your suppliers.
- Supplier compliance · 7 minHow to check a supplier’s insurance certificatesEmployers’ liability, public liability and professional indemnity: what each covers, what UK law requires, and the six details to check on every certificate a supplier sends you.
- Supplier compliance · 6 minSupplier questionnaires: checking answers against evidenceA supplier questionnaire records what a supplier says about itself. How to write questions that can be evidenced, map each answer to proof, spot the unsupported ones and follow up without restarting the review.
- Audit and quality · 7 minWhat counts as audit evidence? A practical guide“We do that” is not evidence. What auditors accept, why some evidence carries more weight than other evidence, and how to organise records so that every claim traces back to a document, a page and a date.
- ESG and supply chain · 8 minModern slavery due diligence: what to ask suppliers forWhat section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act requires, what the Home Office’s 2025 guidance expects, and the supplier evidence that turns a statement from a description of policy into something you can show.
- Evaluating AI · 6 minAI for compliance document review: 8 questions to askBefore an AI tool reviews certificates, policies or contracts for compliance, ask how it cites sources, what it does when evidence is missing, who decides, and what happens to your documents. Here are the eight questions, with our own answers.
- AI Architecture · 7 minWhy Document AI Needs Citation Validation and Verification PassesMost document AI tools return plausible-sounding answers. Some are even right. Here's why "plausibility" isn't good enough for legal, healthcare, or compliance work, and what to demand instead.
- Product · 8 minWhy Domain Packs Beat General-Purpose AI for Document WorkGeneric LLMs are impressive demos but disappointing in production. Here's why purpose-built domain configurations win for legal, healthcare, insurance, and other industries with specialised vocabulary.
- Compliance · 9 minThe GDPR Compliance Checklist for Document AI PlatformsPicking a document AI vendor in the EU? Here's the GDPR checklist your procurement and DPO will actually run, and what answers should look like.
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