Sexual Assault Referral Centres – How UKAS is supporting your route to Accreditation
In 2020, the Forensic Science Regulator set in place a timeline for Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARCs) to achieve ac…
Call for expression of interest in the accreditation of Artificial Intelligence Management Systems Certification
The new Artificial Intelligence Management System Certification standard was published on 18 December 2023. As this is a …
Call for Expressions of Interest – Accreditation of age verification conformity assessment activities
UKAS would like to invite conformity assessment bodies to express an interest to join a pilot programme to become accredi…
UKAS, BSI, and NPL shine at the Lord Mayor’s Show: celebrating trust, innovation, and tradition
UKAS, in collaboration with its National Quality Infrastructure partners BSI and NPL, was delighted to have participated …
Forensics update: developing accreditation for Major Crime Scenes
Since the first police force gained accreditation for ISO/IEC 17020 for the examination of Volume Crime scenes in 2020, U…
Statement on Italian litigation concerning mutual recognition under the EA MLA
UKAS has received notice of its successful intervention in proceedings before the Italian Council of State concerning the…
World Quality Week 2023 – realising competitive potential
Quality infrastructures are the cornerstone of global economies and play a pivotal role in all aspects of our daily lives…
Updated Memorandum of Understanding signed between UKAS and the Department of Business and Trade
In September, the Department of Business and Trade (DBT) and UKAS signed an updated Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). Ma…
Trade Continuity Agreement Protocol between the United Kingdom and Canada
On behalf of their respective governments, the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) and the Standards Council of C…
Final update with respect to the transition from the non-statutory Forensic Science Regulator (FSR) Codes to the statutory Code
Accredited organisations conducting forensic activities have been able to include compliance with the non-statutory Foren…