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The Goods Regulation Team, BEIS, have updated their guidance published on GOV.UK regarding the UK domestic regime for manufactured goods. This comes into force on 1 January 2021.

The BMTA is conducting a survey to discover the issues our members are facing regarding employment and the impact the Covid-19 pandemic has had on your business.

UKAS is currently in the process of reviewing the membership and terms of reference for their Asbestos technical advisory committee (TAC). BMTA members with an interest in the asbestos sector are invited to nominate a BMTA representative to join the committee.

The BMTA is a nominating body for the BSI committee and there are a number of committee vacancies for which we are currently recruiting.

A number of European surveys have been undertaken to consider and monitor the impact that Covid-19 has had on the testing industry.

The CBI and 71 trade associations and professional bodies representing 190,000 businesses and 7 million employees are calling for politicians on both sides to carve a path towards a deal. Sectors from automotive to aviation, chemicals to creative industries, and farming and food to pharmaceuticals – are united: securing a quick agreement matters greatly for jobs and livelihoods.

Andrew Morris, National Physical Laboratory North of England Operations Manager has been awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours Lists 2020.

Global Trends in Testing, Diagnostics & Inspection for 2030. 20th-22nd October 2020

The aim of this workshop is to discuss and collect experiences and recommendations from the participating stakeholders on what is needed in standardization to face the challenges of a changing climate and how revision of standards can take place in concrete and practical terms.

Hydrogen Strategy Now is a campaign made up of leading businesses, such as Kiwa, operating in the UK, united in their belief that the Government must establish a UK-wide hydrogen strategy. Collectively under this campaign they have written to the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, this week urging him to open discussions for a UK-wide hydrogen strategy as part of a post-COVID recovery. Such focus would create high-skilled green jobs, secure investments into the UK economy as well as export opportunities, while also providing a pathway towards Net Zero targets.

The number of Fixed Wireless Access internet providers across the UK has jumped as homes and businesses create demand for faster broadband. Ofcom, the regulating body of UK communications services, has also joined the UK Wireless Internet Service Providers Association (UKWISPA), the official trade body recognised by UK authorities for the high-standard delivery of internet access services. Becoming a key stakeholder in UKWISPA, Ofcom is recognising fixed wireless as a mainstream broadband service to the public.