BSI, the UK National Standards Body, is reviewing how best to support SME with access to standards.

A pilot commenced in 2024, aimed at start-up/micro businesses in the UK, that provides unfettered access to the BSI digital standards library via their Knowledge platform.

The ACA is teaming up with BSI to allow ACA micro/small practice members access to the offer that includes:

• Access to full text viewing of the complete BSI Knowledge online library core content set of BS, BS EN, BS EN ISO/IEC, PAS  (excluding BS 7671 Wiring Regs which are co-published with IET)
• Circa 90,000 full text documents (current, historical, withdrawn, draft)
• Ability to set up alerts to track standards and receive email notifications if a standard changes
• Unlimited searching and viewing (no download or printing)
• Video of the Knowledge library functionality: BSI Knowledge for Micro Video

£360 per year (plus VAT) for micro businesses 1-5 employees and £632K turnover per year

£720 per year (plus VAT) for micro businesses 6-10 employees and £632K turnover per year

If you are a micro/small practice fulfilling the above criteria and would like to know more about the offer and how to sign up, please complete this expression of interest form: ACA Expression of Interest Form for BSI Micro Offer and a representative from BSI will contact you. 

Please note, dependent on number of enquiries, BSI will do their best to respond as quickly as possible.