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As Chair of the Federation of Certification Bodies, it was great to attend the UKAS Management System Technical Advisory Committee meeting today with colleagues from a wide range of sectors, all of whom have a […]

We join the nation and the wider world in marking the coronation of His Majesty The King and we offer our good wishes to the Royal Family at this important moment. King Charles III’s decades-long […]

It was a pleasure again to chair this week’s Federation of Certification Bodies (FCB) meeting which engages with more than twenty-five of the UK’s UKAS accredited certification bodies in its membership. Of course a key […]

On the 16th October 2020 the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) issued a statement to clarify the recognition of accredited certification within the European Union (EU) from 2021. 16 October, 2020 UKAS has become aware […]

Will remote auditing continue beyond the Covid-19 pandemic? Looks like it might be here to stay. The traditional and somewhat mandatory approach to on-site auditing for management system certification seems to have been put to the […]

As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, the IAF has announced migration/transition extensions to for the following management system standards: ISO 45001: 2018 – extended to 30 September 2021 ISO 22000: 2018 – extended to […]

It is confirmed that UKAS will remain as an EA member until at least January 2022, UKAS confirmed on 14th May 2020.

The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) became part of UK law from 25 May 2018.  The Regulation contains provisions and requirements pertaining to the processing of personal data. Articles 42 and 43 of the […]

The United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) has released a bulletin which sets out its policy about how accredited certification is being managed over the coming months as a result of the Covid-19 outbreak – see […]