Standards are recognised as a powerful business tool and can define crucial aspects of a company's safety, quality and reliability. They also enable businesses to operate in a global market.
Getting and using standards from BSI will help your business to:
- improve your products and services
- reduce your business costs
- attract new customers
- make your products compatible
- increase your competitive edge
- comply with regulations.
Any business large or small can benefit from the conformity and integrity that standards will bring. Click here for real life examples of how standards have benefited small organizations.
Member Services
BSI Membership entitles you to have access to an exclusive range of services aimed at helping your business to prosper in the increasingly competitive marketplace. They include:
Standards
- access to a global range of standards
- 50% off BS hardcopy standards
- 50% off the subscription of our flagship database product, British Standards Online (BSOL)
- discounts off foreign standards (40% off ISO, 10% off DIN, ASTM etc)
- free p&p and credit facilities.
Helpline
Members can use a helpline service for advice on a range of issues, including:
- status and cost of a standard
- obtaining a list of relevant standards on a specific subject
- enquiring after a foreign or international standard
- standard content enquiries can also be directed to the technical committees through BSI.
Current awareness
- Member-only automatic Private List Updating Service (PLUS)
- free BSI electronic catalogue
- free subscription to Update Standards magazine
- free subscription to Business Standards magazine.
Resource centre
- access to 500,000 international, foreign, regional and industry standards
- free access to the library
- Member-only postal loan service for foreign and international standards
- access to withdrawn BS standards.
Online services
Please note: you cannot view British Standards online from the Member-only area. For this, you will need to subscribe seperately to BSOL (British Standards Online).
Other entitlements
- BSI Membership certificate
- voting rights at AGM
- discounts on conferences, seminars and workshops.
