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2 October 2024

Leanie Du Toit is Chair-elect of the BSI Occupational Health and Safety Technical Committee

Head of UKAS’s Corporate, Certification and Verification Section, Leanie Du Toit, will succeed Martin Cottam as Chair o…

24 September 2024

Expression of interest: accreditation of the certification of ISO 7101:2023 for management systems of healthcare organisations

UKAS is proposing to establish a project to develop accreditation for ISO/IEC 17021-1, Conformity assessment — Requirem…

22 September 2024

Pilot accreditation update: certification of AI management systems

UKAS continues to progress the development of accreditation under ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015 for certification of AI management…

4 September 2024

UKAS statement on the publication of the Phase 2 Report of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry

The United Kingdom Accreditation Service, UKAS, extends its sympathies to the bereaved, survivors and residents of Grenfe…

13 August 2024

Digital Product Conformity Certificate Exchange – publication of Business Requirement Specification document

A  United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (UN/CEFACT) Business Requirement Specification (…

12 August 2024

UKAS joins the influential Aldersgate Group

The Aldersgate Group is a politically impartial, multi-stakeholder alliance, with a mission to drive collective action fo…

9 August 2024

The Engineering Council and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government join UKAS as its latest members

The Engineering Council and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) are the latest organisation…

5 August 2024

The Survivor’s Trust gains crucial new accreditation as inspection body

The Survivor’s Trust (TST) is a national membership organisation providing vital specialist support to over 100,000 sur…

26 July 2024

Expression of Interest: Customer Contact Centres

UKAS is considering running a project to develop accreditation for the certification to ISO 18295-1:2017 Customer contact…

26 July 2024

Formal Recognition of UKAS under Canadian HazLoc Regulation

Recently, UKAS and its Canadian counterpart (SCC) have been closely collaborating under a Memorandum of Understanding in …

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