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Backcare : the national organisation for healthy backs

(Formerly National Back Pain Association)

16 Elmtree Road, Teddington, Middlesex TW11 8ST

Status: Voluntary non-profit-making organisation

Principal functions and activities: BackCare helps people manage and prevent back pain by providing advice, promoting self help, encouraging debate and funding scientific research into better back care.


Balfours Environmental Consultants Ltd (BECL)

Windsor House, Windsor Place, Shrewsbury SY1 2BZ, UK

Status: Limited Company

Principal functions and activities: Asbestos surveying (UKAS accredited), asbestos mangement plans, consultancy, advice, risk assessments and project management. Environmental management, audits and assessment.

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Balkwell Consulting

PO Box 120, Worksop, S80 3YR, UK (also in Edwinstowe and Gibralter)

Status: Limited company

Principal functions and activities: Management systems consultancy; audit; training; ISOBUILDER; management systems support tools. Core disciplines ISO9001(quality managment) ISO14001 (environmental management) OHSAS18001 (health & safety management) and property advice.

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Balshaw Safety Ltd

21 Pulford Close, Northwich, CW9 8FS, UK

Status: Limited company

Principal functions and activities: Health and safety training and consultancy, specialising in the construction industry.

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Banyard Solutions

7 Langham Park, Catteshall Lane, Godalming, Surrey GU7 1NG UK

Status: Limited company

Principal functions and activities: Providers of e-permits, a web-based permit-to-work system.

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Baxter Marini Ltd

Canada House, 272 Field End Road, Eastcote, Middlesex, HA4 9NA, UK

Status: Limited company

Principal functions and activities: Health and safety advice, training and consultancy.

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BEAMA

see British Electrotechnical and Allied Manufacturers' Association (BEAMA)

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Bee Safe (Health & Safety) Ltd

Greenside, Treswell Road, Rampton, Retford, DN22 0HY, UK


Status: Limited company

Principal functions and activities: Bee Safe (Health & Safety) Ltd is a North Nottinghamshire based health and safety consultancy.

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BEnvironmental Limited

15 Canada Road, Rawdon, Leeds LS19 6LR, UK

Status: Private limited company

Principal functions and activities: An independent occupational hygiene and environmental consultancy, offering services including COSHH risk assessment and management, personal exposure monitoring to hazardous substances, local exhaust ventilation testing, indoor air quality investigations, noise and vibration assessment and a range of environmental sampling and monitoring services.


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Bereaved by Work (BbW)

c/o Greater Manchester Hazards Centre, 23 New Mount Street, Manchester M4 4DE

Status: Unincorporated voluntary organisation

Principal functions and activities: Provide advice and support for family and friends of people who have died because of work activities; help to understand how to use formal proceedings such as Coroners inquests to highlight employers' and managers' responsibilities.

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Bermuda Training

25 Spencer Street, Bognor Regis, West Sussex, PO21 1AN, UK

Status: Training company

Principal functions and activities: Training certification: CIEH health and safety; HSE first aid; CIEH food hygiene; CIEH Professional Trainer Certificate.

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Beta Ltd

Merton House, Joule Road, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XH, UK

Status: Registered charity

Principal functions and activities: Health and safety training and consultancy; occupational health.

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Betaris Ltd

Adamson House, Towers Business Park, Wilmslow Road, Manchester M20 2YY

Status: Limited company

Principal functions and activities: Specialist work-related violence training provider: risk management, personal safety, conflict management, physical interventions.

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Beth Gibb Associates

6 Kenilworth Park, Lisburn, Co. Antrim, BT28 3UL, Northern Ireland

Status: Sole trader

Principal functions and activities: Provides training on stress management and related topics; implementing the HSE Management Standards and Management Competencies to organisations, with advice on stress audits and subsequent policies.

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Beyond Zero Ltd

Jubilee Mill, 30 North Street, Bradford, West Yorks BD14EW, UK

Status: Limited company

Principal functions and activities: Health, safety, environmental and management company specialising in training, CDM coordination, auditing, inspections, supply chain assessments, polices, management systems and advice.

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BFM Ltd

(formerly British Furniture Manufacturers)

30 Harcourt Street, London W14 2AA

Status: Trade association and employers' organisation

Principal functions and activities: To represent the British furniture manufacturers and provide services of benefit to members of the association in the areas of: Government liaison; industrial relations; exporting; health and safety; technical advice; environmental management; training and education; preferential purchasing schemes; world wide web; seminars and exhibitions.

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BIBRA Information Services Ltd

Westmead House, 123 Westmead Road, Sutton SM1 4JH, UK

Status: Company

Principal functions and activities: BIS is a membership organisation (working in collaboration with Toxicology Advice & Consulting Ltd) which provides consultancy on chemical toxicology hazard and risk assessments, access to a unique toxicology database/databank, and a monthly current awareness publication.

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Birchlea Training and Consultancy

Birchlea, High Street, Aller, Somerset TA10 0QN UK

Status: Training provider

Principal functions and activities: Specialists in health and safety training; monthly newsletter

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Birmingham Health, Safety and Environment Association (BHSEA)

721 Hagley Road West, Quinton, Birmingham B32 1DJ

Status: Registered charity, supported by membership.

Principal functions and activities: The Birmingham Health, Safety and Environment Association aims to help to improve standards of health and safety at work through a monthly meeting, a manned Safety Advisory Centre and telephone helpline, a range of safety training videos available on loan to members and seminars on topical subjects.

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Bishop Safety Management Ltd

3 Tor View, Bedwas, Caerphilly CF83 8HE, UK

Status: Private company

Principal functions and activities: Specialised training & consultancy service fousing on lifting operations and lifting equipment.


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BLC Leather Technology Centre Ltd

(formerly British Leather Confederation)

Leather Trade House, Kings Park Road, Moulton Park, Northampton NN3 6JD

Status: National trade association and international research association

Principal functions and activities: BLC's services include scientific, technical and environmental expertise, product testing, problem solving, marketing statistics, benchmarking and quality control.

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Blue Health and Safety Services

9 Lee Orchards, Boston Spa, Wetherby, Leeds, LS23 6BJ, UK

Status: Consultancy

Principal functions and activities: Chartered safety and health practitioner providing services including: policy and procedure development; risk assessments; CoSHH assessments; fire risk assessments; audits and inspections and in-house/bespoke training provider.

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BLWA Ltd

see GAMBICA Association Ltd


BOMEL Ltd

Thames Central, 90 Hatfield Road, Slough, Berkshire, SL1 1QE, UK

Status: Private company

Principal functions and activities: BOMEL is a multidisciplinary consultancy providing health, safety and risk management support to employers, duty holders and regulators.

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Book My Course Limited

16 Bentley Court, Wellingborough, Northants, NN8 4BQ, UK

Status: On line information and booking of training courses

Principal functions and activities: Provision of training courses throughout the UK, including health and safety training courses, through a qualified network of accredited training organisations.

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Bostock Health Care

63 Garfield Street, Bedford, MK41 7RZ, UK

Status: Private limited company

Principal functions and activities: Provision of first aid training, resuscitation and defibrillation courses.

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The Boxed Training Consultancy

87 Gwelfor, Dunvant, Swansea SA2 7QJ, UK

Status: Limited company

Principal functions and activities: Complete design, development and production of ready-to-deliver health and safety training packages and training programmes, backed by a train-the-trainer support package. Provision of a safety DVD video production service.

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Bradford Area Occupational Health and Safety Forum (BAOHSF)

13 Scott Street, Keighley, West Yorkshire BD21 2JH, UK

Status: Voluntary organisation

Principal functions and activities: The Forum is a partnership of public, private, voluntary and trade union organisations.

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Bradley Environmental

20 Stourbridge Road, Halesowen, West Midlands, B63 3US

Parkway House, Wakefield Road, Ossett, West Yorkshire, Wf5 9JD

Status: Consultancy

Principal functions and activities: Environmental, asbestos and health and safety consultants offering services covering the natural and built environments including: asbestos management, noise monitoring, environmental impact assessments, health and safety risk assessments, policies and training courses.

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Brake - the road safety charity

PO Box 548, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire HD1 2XZ

Status: Charity

Principal function: To stop deaths and injuries on the roads and to care for people traumatised by crashes, achieved through education of the public and professionals with an interest in advancing road safety.

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BRE

Garston, Watford WD25 9XX

Status: BRE is owned by the BRE Trust, a registered charity.

Principal functions and activities: BRE is the main organisation in the UK carrying out research into building and construction, prevention and control of fire, risk and environmental sciences and also provides consultancy, training and information services.

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BRINDEX

see Association of British Independent Oil Exploration Companies

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British Abrasives Federation (BAF)

Toad Hall, Hinton Road, Hurst, Berkshire RG10 0BS UK

Status: Trade association

Principal functions and activities: The promotion of best practice in the manufacture and use of abrasive products in close co-operation with HSE/BSI/CEN/ISO and FEPA.

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British Activity Holiday Association (BAHA)

The Hollies, Oak Bank Lane, Hoole Village, CHESTER CH2 4ER, UK

Status: Trade association.

Principal functions and activities: Formed in 1986 for the benefit of both members and customers. Includes the monitoring of safety standards and quality within the activity sector throughout the British Isles.

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British Aerosol Manufacturers Association (BAMA)

Kings Buildings, Smith Square, London SW1P 3JJ

Status: Trade association

Principal functions and activities: To promote and protect the interests of the aerosol industry.

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British Airways Flight Training (BAFT)

British Airways Flight Training, Cranebank (S554), PO Box 10, Heathrow Airport, Hounslow, Middlesex, TW6 2JA, UK

Status: Plc

Principal functions and activities: A flight safety awareness course has been developed for companies that are conscious of health and safety and keeping their personnel safe when travelling.

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British Aggregate Construction Materials Industries (BACMI) Ltd

see Quarry Products Association Ltd.

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British Approvals for Fire Equipment (BAFE)

4th Floor, Neville House, 55 Eden Street, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey KT1 1BW

Status: Certification organisation in active fire protection equipment and services

Principal functions and activities: Formed in 1984, BAFE is a non-profit making organisation whose primary objective is to raise and maintain high standards of quality in active fire protection equipment and services.

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British Approvals Service for Cables (BASEC)

23 Presley Way, Crownhill, Milton Keynes, MK8 0ES, UK

Status: Certification body

Principal functions and activities: Certification and testing of electrical cables and related products.

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British Automatic Fire Sprinkler Association (BAFSA)

Richmond House, Broad Street, Ely,  CB7 4AH, UK

Status: Trade association

Principal functions and activities: The association promotes the effective use of water-based automatic fire suppression systems and represents the interests of more than 95% of the UK sprinkler industry including manufacturers, suppliers, contractors, insurers, consultants and the fire and rescue services

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British Beer and Pub Association

Market Towers, 1 Nine Elms Lane, London SW8 5NQ

Status: Trade association for the brewing industry and owners of licensed premises.

Principal functions and activities: To represent member companies' interests, nationally and internationally, and to supply information and advice to them. Health and safety matters are the concern of the Brewing Health and Safety Panel and the Retail Human Resources Panel.

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British Cement Association (BCA)

Riverside House, 4 Meadows Business Park, Station Approach, Blackwater, Camberley, Surrey, GU17 9AB, UK

Status: Trade and research association

Principal functions and activities: Trade association representing the four principal United Kingdom cement producers.

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British Ceramic Confederation (BCC)

(formerly British Ceramic Manufacturers' Federation)

Federation House, Station Road, Stoke-on-Trent ST4 2SA

Status: Trade and employers' association

Principal functions and activities: To promote and protect the common interests of the ceramics industry in all spheres and activity which affect members' operations.

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British Chemical Engineering Contractors Association (BCECA)

1 Regent Street, London SW1Y 4NR

Status: Trade association representing the principal companies in the UK providing engineering design and construction services to a wide range of process industries.

Principal functions and activities: The purpose of BCECA is to improve public understanding of members' activities and to provide a focal point for representation of its members' interests in discussion with customers, UK government, EC institutions and other interested parties.

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British Compressed Gases Association (BCGA)

Status: A trade association representing the UK industrial gases industry.

Principal functions and activities: To represent the interests of companies engaged in the manufacture, application and distribution of industrial gases, the manufacture of gas receptacles, pressure vessels and tank containers and equipment associated with the application and use of them, in the industrial food, electronics and medical fields.

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British Constructional Steelwork Association Ltd (BCSA)

4 Whitehall Court, Westminster, London SW1A 2ES

Status: Trade association

Principal functions and activities: The principal objectives of the The British Constructional Steelwork Association Ltd are to promote the use of structural steelwork, to assist specifiers and clients; to ensure that the capabilities and activities of the industry are widely understood and to provide members with professional services in technical, commercial, contractual, quality assurance and health and safety matters.

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British Dental Association (BDA)

64 Wimpole Street, London W1G 8YS

Status: Professional body supported by membership, learned and scientific society and trade union.

Principal functions and activities: The British Dental Association is the largest professional body for dentists in the UK with approximately 19,500 members and acts as both a trade union and professional association and exists to help, advise and represent its members.

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British Elastic Rope Sports Association (BERSA)

33A Canal Street, Oxford OX2 6BQ

Status: BERSA is a registered Certification Mark. It is a self regulatory, self funding, non-profit making organisation.

Principal functions and activities: Safety governing body of elastic rope sports in the UK and Europe, including bungee jumping.Offers independent certification for bungee jumping providers, and licensing, through assessment and examination, for operatives.

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British Electrotechnical and Allied Manufacturers' Association (BEAMA)

Westminster Tower, 3 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7SL

Status: Group of 14 electrotechnical trade associations.

Principal functions and activities: Represents the interests of the UK electrotechnical industry.

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British Fire Protection Systems Association Ltd (BFPSA)

Neville House, 55 Eden Street, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey KT1 1BW

Principal functions and activities: The Association represents manufacturers, installers and maintainers of fire alarm and specialist fixed extinguishing systems and areas of involvement include development of standards and regulations, EU representation and accreditation of companies

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British Industrial Truck Association (BITA)

5-7 High Street, Sunninghill, Ascot, SL5 9NQ

Status: Trade association

Principal functions and activities: BITA is a trade association which represents all the major interests in the industrial truck industry in the United Kingdom.

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British Leather Confederation

see BLC The Leather Technology Centre

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British Medical Association (BMA)

BMA House, Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9JP

Status: A voluntary trade union and professional association of doctors. Contains divisions and departments dealing with all branches of medicine and professional activity

Principal functions and activities: An independent trade union, a scientific and educational body and a publishing house.

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British Occupational Health Research Foundation (BOHRF)

6 St Andrew's Place, London NW1 4LB

Status: Registered charity

Principal functions and activities: Assessment of occupational health research priorities; granting awards towards such research commissioning, monitoring, supervising and publishing the useful results of such research; publication of practical guidelines based on sound science; raising general and specific funds to pay for research.

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British Occupational Hygiene Society (BOHS)

Status: Learned society

Principal functions and activities: To promote occupational and environmental hygiene through conferences, symposia and workshops, local meetings and special interest groups and examinations in aspects of occupational hygiene, either as stand-alone modules or leading to professional membership of the Society's Faculty of Occupational Hygiene.

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British Pest Control Association (BPCA)

1 Ground Floor, Gleneagles House, Vernon Gate, Derby, DE1 1UP

Status: Trade association.

Principal functions and activities: Services companies or others engaged in the control of certain food, hygiene or nuisance pests, or having a close interest with industrial pest control.

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British Plastics Federation (BPF)

6 Bath Place, Rivington Street, London EC2A 3JE

Status: Company limited by guarantee.

Principal functions and activities: Trade federation for plastics and allied products. Under the umbrella of the BPF, there are three committees dealing with health and safety: Fire Safety Committee; Industrial Health and Safety Committee and Product Safety Committee.

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British Precast Concrete Federation (BPCF)

60 Charles Street, Leicester LE1 1FB

Status: Trade association

Principal functions and activities: The British Precast Concrete Federation, together with its many specialist product groups, works to promote the benefits of using this material in the built environment.

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British Rig Owners' Association (BROA)

Carthusian Court, 12 Carthusian Street, London EC1M 6EZ

Status: Trade association primarily concerned with technical and regulatory developments relating to the design, construction, equipment and operation of mobile offshore units.

Principal functions and activities: To promote and protect the interests of British owners and managers of mobile offshore units used in connection with offshore exploration and exploitation; to represent the views of the industry to government departments and other organisations, both national and international.

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British Rubber and Polyurethane Products Association (BRPPA)

6 Bath Place, Rivington Street, London EC2A 3JE

Status: Trade association

Principal functions and activities: The BRPPA represents the interests of British rubber & polyurethane product manufacturers and suppliers of raw materials, services and equipment for the industry. Services include health and safety seminars and training, and provision of advice on specific health and safety issues relevant to the industry.

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British Safety Council

70 Chancellor's Road, London W6 9RS

Status: Registered charity

Principal functions and activities: The British Safety Council (BSC) is the UK's leading independent organisation devoted to improving health, safety and environmental best practice in the work place. It offers expert advice, training and support for organisations that wish to improve their management of safety and risk, occupational health and environmental performance.

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British Safety Council Awards (BSC Awards)

70 Chancellors Road, London W6 9RS

Status: Awarding body/registered charity

Principal functions and activities: Offers a range of nationally recognised qualifications in health and safety: a Level 1 Certificate for all employees, a Level 2 Certificate in Supervising Safely, a Level 2 Certificate in Risk Assessment, a Level 3 Certificate and a Level 6 Diploma for health and safety professionals. BSC Awards is recognised by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA).

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British Safety Industry Federation (BSIF)

The British Safety Industry Federation, 93 Bowen Court, St Asaph Business Park, St Asaph
Denbighshire, LL17 0JE, Wales, UK

Status: Trade body

Principal functions and activities: Membership services and lead association for PPE Directive. Public source of information on the supply and use of PPE and safety equipment.

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British Self-Defence Governing Body (BSDGB)

PO Box 126, Neston, England, CH33 9BD, UK

Principal functions and activities: The BSDGB was established in 1992 to govern the standards of the teaching of personal safety and self defence in the United Kingdom and has produced a range of nationally-accredited qualifications available through distance learning and formal training, covering non-physical and physical elements of personal safety.

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British Signs and Graphics Association (BSGA)

5 Orton Enterprise Centre, Bakewell Road, Orton Southgate, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire PE2 6XU

Status: Trade association.

Principal functions and activities: The association is the UK's premier trade association for the signage industry which protects, promotes and develops the interest of member companies who are involved in the design, production, manufacture, erection and installation of illuminated and non-illuminated advertising signs.

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British Soft Drinks Association Ltd (BSDA)

20-22 Stukeley Street, London WC2B 5LR

Status: Independent trade association

Principal functions and activities: BSDA represents the UK's producers of soft drinks, including carbonated drinks, still and dilutable drinks, fruit juices and bottled waters.

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British Standards Institution (BSI)

389 Chiswick High Road, London W4 4AL

Status: British Standards Institution is incorporated by Royal Charter

Principal functions and activities: BSI Group is a leading independent professional services business. The Group now operates globally three business units: BSI British Standards, BSI Management Systems and BSI Product Services

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British Standards Society (BSS)

BSI, 389 Chiswick High Road, London W4 4AL

Status Part of the British Standards Institution which is an independent body incorporated by royal charter. The society is supported and administered by BSI.

Principal functions and activities: The Society is an association of individuals concerned with the application of standards, who join on a personal basis. Its main aims are to help standards users in their understanding and use of standards, to encourage contact between standards users and to provide BSI with feedback on the practical application of standards.

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British Textile Technology Group (BTTG)

Shirley House, Didsbury, Manchester M20 2RB

Wira House, West Park Ring Road, Leeds LS16 6QL

Status: Independent R&D and UKAS accredited testing centre

Principal functions and activities: BTTG was created in 1988 and was formed by the merger of the Shirley Institute and WIRA, two internationally recognised organisations. Originally established as centres of excellence in textile, textile-related and carpet testing, investigation and evaluation, BTTG has successfully adapted this experience and expertise and applied it to other spheres of industry and commerce.

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British Toxicology Society (BTS)

PO Box 249, Macclesfield SK11 6FT, Cheshire.

Status: Company limited by guarantee.

Principal functions and activities: To further the science of toxicology by arranging meetings, promoting education, encouraging research and facilitating communication.

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British Woodworking Federation (BWF)

55 Tufton Street, London SW1P 3QL UK

Status: Trade federation.

Principal functions and activities: Providing an advisory service to manufacturers of joinery and timber components.

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BSRIA LTD

Old Bracknell Lane West, Bracknell, Berkshire RG12 7AH

Chief Executive: A Eastwell

Status: Member based research and information association.

Principal functions and activities: BSRIA is a consultancy, test and
research company helping construction and building services companies to
become more efficient and effective. We offer a unique blend of technical
and marketing capability which means that we not only understand technical
issues but also how products and services fit into the market place.

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Building Employers Federation

see Construction Confederation

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Building Research Establishment

see BRE

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Building Safety Group Ltd (BSG)

5 Pinkers Court, Briarlands Office Park, Gloucester Road, Rudgeway, Bristol BS35 3QH, UK

Status: Independent, non-profit making, membership-based organisation.

Principal functions and activities: BSG provides a complete range of health and safety services to over 700 construction companies, including training and site inspections throughout England and Wales.

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Bully Online and the UK National Workplace Bullying Advice Line

Success Unlimited, Dept HE, P.O. Box 67, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 9YS

Status: Voluntary

Principal functions and activities: Free confidential advice and information on all aspects of workplace bullying. Also school bullying, stress, psychiatric injury, PTSD and bullying-related suicide.

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Bureau of Engineer Surveyors (BES)

22 Greencoat Place, London SW1P 1PR, UK

Status: Professional body supported by membership, a registered charity

Principal functions and activities: The provision of membership services including technical guides, conferences and seminars

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Bureau Veritas

Registered office: Tower Bridge Court, 224-226 Tower Bridge Road, London SE1 2TX

Status: Bureau Veritas is a service company specialising in quality, health, safety and environment management and social accountability.

Principal functions and activities: An extensive range of technical services and solutions in the fields of certification, conformity assessment , consulting and training.

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Business and Advisory Services Group Ltd (BASG)

Woodbine Cottage, Back Lane, Green Hammerton, York YO26 8BH, UK

Status: Limited company

Principal functions and activities: business advice, interim management and training including health and safety training.

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Business and Health Consultancy (BHC)

288 Bishopsgate, London EC2M 4QP, UK

Status: Limited company

Principal functions and activities: Occupational health and safety assessments and services, audits to 18001 and advice and support on occupational health and safety related questions.

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Business Centre Swansea

11b St Mary's Square, Swansea SA1 3LP

Status: Section of Economic Development, City and County of Swansea

Principal functions and activities: Business information and support services including business counselling, diagnostic counselling, business development, start up advice, business training.

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BUSK

18 Windsor Road, Newport, Gwent NP19 8NS

Status: Road safety organisation

Principal functions and activities: BUSK co-ordinates School Transport Safety Week and; works to raise awareness of how to travel safely among school children and the general public. Consultancy work for local authority and others in the coach and bus industry.

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