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It was a great pleasure this week to return to the annual United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) Annual Lunch, held at the stunning Royal Institute […]

ISO/IEC 27006-1:2024 has been published. The standard sets out the requirements for accredited certification bodies offering accredited certification based on the requirements of ISO/IEC 27001:2022. […]

The Federation of Certification Bodies (FCB) is celebrating its 20th year since its establishment in 2004. The FCB membership continues to grow and this is […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]