We know that reducing costs, improving efficiency, effectiveness and productivity, and enhancing the experience of your employees and customers are all proven benefits of continually improving your business. We also know businesses can be put off by what seems to be a...
Business Improvement
A growth secret for a business improvement culture (2)
There is a free growth secret every business can use to drive continuous business improvement. How does your organisation get its focus right?
A small investment that delivers big improvements (1)
As a small business leader you should be relentless in your pursuit of being better at what you do and how you do it. Creating a continuous improvement culture requires three areas of focus. Reducing costs improving efficiency, effectiveness, and productivity, and...
The Benefits of ISO Certification– Just Ask Our Clients!
At Mark1, we have over 20 years of experience in helping businesses across the UK achieve ISO certifications– and with our 100% first-time certification rate, you can trust our expertise. We believe that ISO compliance can be beneficial to any business, in any...
JUST SAYING …
There’s a saying ‘practice makes perfect’. It doesn’t. Practice makes permanent, so what you practice every day across your business really matters. How you go about prospecting and selling, how you manufacture or provide service to the demands of your customers, how...
6 simple questions
I’m often asked, ‘how and where do we start with this continuous improvement stuff?’ People are often surprised and maybe a bit disappointed with my answer which is ‘have a think about and answer 6 simple questions’ The thing is, they might just be 6 questions, but...
First, Get Happy
I see two problems with continuous improvement. First, if you’re always looking to be better there is a real risk you end up being perpetually dissatisfied or disappointed. Knowing you’ll never reach perfection means your improvement journey just goes on and on and...
Helping Food & Regulated Manufacturers Adapt – Creating Competitive Edge
UK Business Advisors has specialists that help food and regulated product manufacturers create a competitive advantage by developing and delivering solutions for complex business problems. The food and regulated product manufacturing sector is the unsung hero of the...
Error Proofing – Stop doing that!
What do all the following have in common? Dave Grohl - Foo FightersThe Edge - U2Tre Cool - Green DayBryan Adams Matthew Bellamy - Muse Well, the answer is they’ve all taken a serious tumble off the stage they were performing on. Whenever that happens, I always...