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The Benefit of an Environmental Management System
Pressure for corporations to monitor and build upon efficiency in regards to their carbon footprint has never been higher, with estimates that at the current rate, global warming could become irreversible by 2024.
Mark 1 Business Systems – March update
Welcome to our monthly update… It’s been lovely to have been able to say goodbye to March and welcome in April with some fabulous weather this week. It really does feel like spring is here as you can see from cover photo taken by our Office Manager, Adelaide earlier this week. After having an extremely…
Mark1 Business Systems- February update
Welcome to our monthly newsletter… February was a short but productive month for the team at Mark 1 with not much change to the day-to-day work-based activities that we continue to execute in a largely remote manner. As the weather improves, the team have all found that in our personal lives, we’ve been increasing our…
Mark 1 Business Systems – January 2021
Welcome to our monthly update… The beginning of February marks an end to the first month of lockdown in 2021 and it is safe to say we have kicked off this year ‘full steam ahead’ having already completed 12 days of remote assistance during ISO assessment in January alone. Looking back to 2020, we clocked…
Mark1 Business Systems – November Update
Welcome to our monthly update… With the majority of November spent in lockdown it has felt like rather a long month for many. There has, however, been some very positive news this month in terms of the development of high efficacy Covid19 vaccines, including one developed in the UK by Oxford University in collaboration with…
Mark 1 Business Systems – October Update
Welcome to our monthly update… October was another busy month for the Mark1 team, as well as 7 days’ worth of virtual assessment assistance, we conducted various audits and management reviews, as has become the norm. Our webinar, ‘Working in a Remote ISO World,’ that took place on the 7th of October was a great…
Mark 1 Business Systems – September Update
Welcome to our monthly update… September seems to have been a month of ups and downs for all of us, just as life seemed to be starting to resemble something nearing ‘normal’, new restrictions were put in place. We have temporarily paused our plans to start working back in our Manchester office (on a regular…
How Mark1 Business Systems have adapted to the ‘New Normal’.
An interview with Mark Nolan, Managing Director, where we ask how Mark1 have adapted during the Covid19, Global Pandemic. What services have you been offering on a remote basis? “Since mid-March we have continued to offer all our Consultancy services for ISO9001, ISO14001, ISO45001 and ISO27001 and have undertaken numerous virtual audits as well helping…
Mark 1 Business Systems – August Update
Welcome to our Monthly Update… We are pleased to share the first of our Monthly Updates with you. Over the last few months, as the initial dust had settled and everyone began to embrace the ‘new normal’, we found ourselves to be in the fortunate position of being remarkably busy. We have completed numerous remote…
Maintaining a Culture of Continual Improvement: Your Role as a Leader
Continual improvement is a requirement for many of the key ISO Management System standards and any company either aiming to achieve certification or who are looking to effectively maintain their existing systems, should look at this as a priority. Continual Improvement is an area that encompasses multiple aspects of your processes and procedures and should…
The Value of the Internal Audit in a Good Quality Management System
A good Quality Management System such as one that would need to be in place to achieve ISO 9001:2015, will provide a structure that outlines what a business should be doing to provide sustainable quality and meet the needs of its customer. ISO 9001:2015 is based on the Plan, Do, Check, Act (PDCA cycle and…