September Newsletter 2015

2025 UKAS Policy Advisory Forum, Tuesday 16 September The BMTA has been invited to attend the 2025 UKAS Policy Advisory…

To celebrate World Metrology Day the NPL is opening its doors to anyone interested in discovering how its scientists and…

Consumer Goods in the EU: Persisting Safety Issues

Leeds Beckett University has defined new standards to measure the aggregate heat loss from housing.

The BMTA Asbestos Conference 2026 will take place on Tuesday 30 June at 3M in Bracknell and will bring together…

The BMTA broadly welcomes the introduction of the Product Safety and Metrology Act 2025, which received Royal Assent on 21 July and has now passed into UK law.

A government overhaul of apprenticeships and youth employment support should create tens of thousands of training and work experience opportunities, with major implications for skills pipelines in UK measurement, testing and engineering.

  The European Conference on Non-Destructive Testing (ECNDT) took place from 3-7 July in Lisbon, Portugal.  This conference is a…

STEM shortages are affecting the metrology industry. What can we do about it? 

Are you an SME working with #semiconductor technology or materials?

Through the Measurement for Business programme, you can access our expertise at no charge for up to 20 days to help your business grow.

Apply now: https://www.npl.co.uk/measurement-for-business

The Eurolab webinar on MICROPLASTICS: regulations, standards and the role of laboratories was held in February 2023.

The BMTA welcomes EUROLAB Technical Report ”Guidelines for managing sustainability in Conformity Assessment Bodies (CABs)”, as a timely and practical contribution for testing and calibration laboratories and wider testing/inspection/certification (TIC) organisations navigating sustainability expectations. 

EUROLAB and UNIDO have announced a series of seminars between September and November 2025 under the UNIDO Global Quality and Standards Programme (GQSP). 

Join the NPL for a webinar on 16 December 2025 2.30pm, to hear how the organisation has applied practical solutions for detecting defects in materials and civil engineering structures to ensure critical components remain safe throughout their lifecycle.

This acquisition strengthens NMi’s foothold in the applied metrology and calibration industry and marks a significant step forward in its strategic expansion in the UK.