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UKAS Contribution to BEIS Regulatory Book UKAS recently contributed to a book produced by the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). The book focusses on regulatory delivery based upon the six elements of the Regulatory Delivery Model i.e. accountability,…

 A guide to what makes a good ISO 9001 Quality Management System (QMS) audit has been produced by industry, government and a group of stakeholders involved in management systems certification. Launched on 9 June, Quality in the Supply Chain formed part of…

The rapidly increasing digitalization of industry and society is changing how products are manufactured, delivered, and consumed by the public. The Fourth Industrial Revolution, or Industry 4.0 as it has become known, is seeing the emergence of innovative information technologies…

The #iBuiltThis2019 competition is open for entries. The competition, run by FIS, now in its third year, is a visual campaign that draws on the pride construction workers take when they see finished projects that they have worked on –…

FIS is proud to announce that we have secured £14K funding for the delivery of the new Interior Systems Trailblazer Apprenticeship in collaboration with a host of industry partners. This flagship project has been a culmination of three years of…

The prestigious Trade Association Forum (TAF) Best Practice Awards and Dinner 2019 was held on Tuesday, 9th July 2019 at County Hall in Westminster, London to coincide with the Forum’s Annual General Meeting and the Annual Conference.  The Awards, which is the…

How resilient is your organisation?  Are you set up to stand the test of time? BSI have now confirmed the date of their Organisational Resilience Annual Conference which is 27th November 2019 at the IoD, 116 Pall Mall, London.  The…

With Brexit looming, you are no doubt busy working on behalf of your members to ensure that any transition period will go as smoothly as possible.  As part of this, I am sure you will be receiving an abundance of…

Disruptions such as flooding, fire or a cyber-attack can affect your business when it is least expected, and they can all prevent you from continuing your normal, everyday operations.  Read Miles Smith Insurance Group’s handy guide on this here.

Sponsorship and exhibition sales are an increasingly important source of revenue for the majority of associations, yet the commercial revenue climate becomes tougher each year.  In this article Rob Eveleigh, Managing Director of Brightelm, examines what membership organisations can do…

You may well have seen on the news about the change to the bank holiday date. The May Day bank holiday has been moved from Monday, 4th May to Friday, 8th May 2019 to celebrate the 75 Anniversary of VE…

Today marks World Accreditation Day, an initiative jointly established by the International Accreditation Forum (IAF) and the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC), to promote the value of accreditation, accredited conformity assessment and standards. This year the theme focuses on how…