BSI

Since its foundation in 1901, BSI Group has grown into a leading global independent business services organization that inspires confidence and delivers assurance to customers with standards-based solutions. Originating as the world’s first national standards body, the Group has over 2,250 staff operating in over 100 countries through more than 50 global offices. The Group’s key offerings are:

• The development and sale of private, national and international standards and supporting information
• Second and third-party management systems assessment and certification
• Testing and certification of products and services 
• Performance management software solutions
• Training services in support of standards implementation and business best practice.

• BSI Group was founded in 1901
• The Group has over 2,500 staff
• The Group's staff are deployed as follows: 55 per cent in Europe, Middle East and Africa; 16 per cent in the Americas and 29 per cent in Asia
• Group revenue in 2008 was £202.3m
• BSI publishes c.2,000 standards each year
• The Company has clients at 60,000 sites in more than 120 countries
• BSI provides a gateway to European trading with CE marking and Notified Body status against 17 European Directives
• First registered in 1903, BSI's Kitemark®  is the UK's oldest and best known product quality mark
• BSI's Entropy™ Software is used by leading organizations at over 14,000 sites worldwide to improve their business performance and manage their risks
• The UK Department of Trade and Industry quantified standards as contributing £2.5bn annually to the UK economy.
• BSI has been independently voted a UK Business Superbrand every year from 2003 to 2009.

• We set innovative standards that are used throughout the globe.
• We provide all the information and training relating to standardization that businesses need to succeed in their competitive markets.
• Businesses rely on us to keep improving the way they run with good management processes.
• We independently test and verify products to ensure that they are up to the job in terms of performance specification and safety.

Every day worldwide people use and rely on goods and services that have been designed, inspected or tested with the help of BSI.