Hello,
I just wondered if anyone else has had this issue.(I have heard it is currently very common) I was due an unannounced BRC audit, However due to organisational issues within the audit company and then the allocated auditor (from Germany) then leaving the audit company, eventually very late in my audit window an auditor finally turned up. The issue is that they had been flown in from Ecuador , South America to the UK, to audit my very small family fruit farm for a day and a half. Unfortunately because the audit company had experienced organisational issues they had not left themselves enough time to arrange anything else (despite a years audit window) and this was the only person they had available. I was not given any pre-warning about the added expense due to problems within their company, just a huge bill. The flight was £3000 as it was last minute and apparently all they could get, they added the time for her travel of 2.5 days and the rest of the normal hotel/taxi/train expenses. This has apparently been split with another grower but I am frustrated that I now have to pick up 1.5 days BRC audit for nearly £7000. I just wondered how many other people have had the same problem and how it can be prevented with unannounced audits.
Many thanks
Lucy