News & Articles
Here’s a constantly updated selection of short articles written by some of the team members and Associates of PerformancePlus. We’ll tell you about some of our latest events, give you some useful hints and tips about improving your business, notify you of any significant changes to legislation that could potentially affect your business and, occasionally, drop in the odd (or sometimes extremely odd!) article to amuse or entertain you. Click on the article title to take you to the full text.
Christmas Greetings From Everyone at P+P
Christmas Greetings From Everyone at P+P Is that really another year passed? Another very busy one for P+P (and for many of our clients and friends). We hope that you have had a good year in 2023 and are looking forward to the challenges and opportunities that...
Competitors, What Competitors?
Competitors, What Competitors? “We don’t bother about competitors here,” he said. This seemed a strange thing to say for someone in business, except that subsequent discussion established what he really meant was none of their competitors were obtaining any...
KISS. The Best Way.
KISS. The Best Way. Many believe that the ISO suite of standards provides a total framework for the operation of a business (Quality / Business Management ISO 90001, Environment ISO 14001, Data Security ISO27001 et al). This is simply not true. The ISO...
Why Change?
Why Change? “It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.” - W. Edwards Deming Many believe that the pandemic has hastened changes which normally would have happened more slowly. So, do you lead any changes, or do you react to them? Maybe you need...
February; ’tis the season of love and Valentine’s Day
February; 'tis the season of love and Valentine's Day Did you or one of your staff receive a card or a message from an unknown admirer? Perhaps you (or they) received an unsolicited email or message via Facebook or Instagram suggesting that true love could be...
Quality Management Standard – An Interlinked System
Quality Management Standard - An Interlinked System “Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.”- Pat Riley The International Standard for Quality Management has been with us since 2015. In fact, if you include the previous Standard (which in...
It can’t be the end of 2022 already…Can it?
It can't be the end of 2022 already...Can it? Oh yes, it can! For many, it has been a troubled if not a tempestuous year. Combine war in Europe (Ukraine), an energy crisis, a minor financial meltdown, and a supply shortage, particularly in semiconductors, and that’s...
All Change!
All Change! Winston Churchill once said: “To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.” International Standards are all about continuous improvement which, to follow Churchill’s advice, implies that change is inevitable. And the Standards themselves are...
It’s Classified
It's classified. One of the issues I come across when I’m working with a new client to improve their data security and, ultimately get them certified to the ISO 27001 Standard for Data Security, is how they classify and mark their data. For example, perhaps the...
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