The Group has over 2,000 employees in 86 countries, providing:

• independent certification of management systems and products;  
• product testing services;
• the development of private, national and international standards;
• management systems training and 
• information on standards and international trade.

The Group is divided into three divisions:

• BSI British Standards is the National Standards Body of the UK and develops standards and standardization solutions to meet the needs of business and society.  They work with government, businesses and consumers to represent UK interests and facilitate the production of British, European and international standards. More   British Standards’ trading arm is BSI Business Information, which focuses on providing standards information and dynamic services that add value to business standards, best practice and management systems. More
  
  
• BSI Management Systems operates world wide to provide organizations with independent third-party certification of their management systems, including ISO 9001:2000 (Quality), ISO 14001 (Environmental Management), OHSAS 18001 (Occupational Health and Safety), ISO/IEC 27001 (previously BS 7799 for Information Security), ISO/IEC 20000 (previously BS 15000 for IT Service Management) and Food Safety management systems, including ISO 22000. In addition, BSI Management Systems also offers a range of training services around management systems. More
  
  
• BSI Product Services is best known for the Kitemark, the UK’s first product quality mark.  BSI Product Services exists to help industry develop new and better products and to make sure they meet current and future laws and regulations, from commercial construction to motorcycle helmets, from mobile phones to fire extinguishers, from car headlights to medical devices. It also provides third party certification, specifically for CE marking – a legal requirement for certain categories of products to be sold within the EU.  The division also offers an exciting new range of schemes aimed at improving quality within service markets. More