BRITISH MEASUREMENT & TESTING ASSOCIATION
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.
The BMTA Asbestos Conference 2026 will take place on 19 March at 3M in Bracknell and will bring together measurement…
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 AIQI Consortium is inviting Conformity Assessment Bodies (CABs) to share their experiences and views on the use of AI…
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.
The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) has opened its pioneering UK Reference Biofoundry. Launched earlier this month by the UK Science…
The Institute of Measurement and Control (InstMC) Early Careers Network (ECN) has launched a new online mentoring programme, designed to connect early-career professionals with experienced members across the engineering and measurement sectors.
The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) has published a new perspective on its 2020 Technology and Measurement Foresighting report.
The Manufacturing Technologies Association (MTA) has announced that the Engineering Industries Association (EIA) has rebranded as Engineering Supply Chain UK…
Quantum technologies are emerging as a vital solution for the manufacturing sector as it faces unprecedented volatility in global supply…
The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) has joined a new London Quantum Cluster, bringing together University College London (UCL), Imperial College…
Laing O’Rourke has become the first engineering and construction group in the UK to achieve certification across all of its…
John Darby, Test and Research Centre “I’ve got this certificate, so the product must be OK, right?” If I had…
As the UK’s National Metrology Institute, NPL plays a critical role in advancing measurement science, a discipline underpinning everything from healthcare diagnostics to climate monitoring and emerging technologies. Yet, like many STEM organisations, NPL faces a persistent challenge: a national shortage of skilled workers.
Matthew Gypps – Technical & Compliance Manager, TRESCAL UK & Ireland As a multinational calibration organisation, Trescal welcomes the revision…
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.
How can we simultaneously make it cheaper and easier for UK businesses to trade goods while ensuring safety-critical products meet essential requirements and preserving UK regulatory autonomy? Through conformity assessment Mutual Recognition Agreements (MRAs).
NPL and Keysight have achieved a quantum milestone with a cryogenic RF power measurement breakthrough.
In this article Darren Grey, Securious operations director, outlines the four steps organisations operating within a globally interconnected supply chain need to take to keep themselves from cyber attackers
The UK’s National Advanced Materials Metrology Strategy was developed following an in-depth review of UK and international strategies for advanced…
Richard McFarlane, Head of Technical Coordination, UKAS ILAC – International laboratory accreditation cooperation started as a conference in 1977 to…
This two-day course provides delegates with an appreciation of the requirements of ISO/IEC 17020 and related UK and international guidance, and its application to accreditation for various types of inspection activity.
This course builds on the topics covered in the ‘Statistics for analytical scientists’ course and includes some more advanced statistical tools.
ISO/IEC 17029 is the International Standard for conformity assessment of bodies providing validation and verification services.
The course includes references to the application of the Standard within Physiology services, outlining some of the critical aspects in IQIPS 2023 v2.1.
Delegates taking this course will gain robust understanding of the laboratory management requirements of ISO/IEC 17025:2017 and be able to identify the various responsibilities for overall laboratory management.
The BMTA is the only UKAS stakeholder representing the interests of the UK calibration, measurement and test industries. On behalf of our members we attend all the UKAS PAF, UKAS PAC meetings and the UKAS AGM and report to our members all activities both on the website and in our quarterly newsletter.
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The BMTA (British Measurement and Testing Association) was formed to develop and represent the interests of the UK’s measurement and testing industry. The BMTA provides a forum for the exchange of views on topics relating to measurements across all technical disciplines and promotes education and training in measurement and testing as well as identifying common measurement problems and promoting their solutions. The BMTA also represents the European interests of the industry by arranging representation on EUROLAB via the EUROLAB UK consortium.
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Membership of the BMTA is open to all laboratory-based organisations associated with the measurement and testing industry. Membership fees are worked out based on the size of your organisation so that even the smallest organisation is able to afford membership. Benefits include access to informative resources, dedicated trade listings, networking opportunities and the opportunity to influence legislation and make a real change in the industry.
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ABOUT BMTA
BMTA was created in 1990 in response to the need for an independent ‘lobby’ for the private sector to speak with one voice to Government, UKAS, BSI and other official bodies on issues affecting the whole measurement and testing community. BMTA represents the interests of the measurement and testing industry in the UK and in Europe, through its representation on EUROLAB, the voice for laboratories in Europe. BMTA will encourage you to make your views known in the standards making process, both nationally and internationally, through the association and individual membership of relevant committees. We work to increase awareness of the measurement and testing industry, and provide training, through seminars and workshops, on topical subjects. It is a non-profit making association that is run by a council elected by its members.
