UKAS is the world’s leading accreditation body delivering confidence in products and services, and supporting global value chains. Accreditation is an intrinsic part of the UK’s national quality infrastructure which underpins all sectors of the economy, from food safety to forensics, construction to communications, energy to engineering. \n\nIndependent research has confirmed that accreditation contributes £1bn to the UK economy every year. Accreditation provides its direct clients with services that deliver real business value, a marketing and reputational advantage, access to national and overseas markets, and internal quality service improvements. \n\nWe couldn’t provide this without the scientific and technical expertise of our people, and our core values of integrity and continual improvement.