Obtaining ISO 9001 certification for your company used to be a rather long and arduous journey.

On-site audits, a multi-stage assessment process, meetings upon meetings, paperwork upon paperwork...it's hard to make time for all of that, especially when you've already got the day-to-day running of your business to worry about.

So if you've decided that ISO 9001 isn't a priority for your organisation, that's understandable. Getting certified, and maintaining that certification once you've got it, is costly and time-consuming.

Or rather it was costly and time-consuming until ISO Accelerator came along.

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A new version of the ISO 9001 standard is coming soon. ISO 9001:2026 is scheduled to roll out in September 2026, at which point it will replace ISO 9001:2015 as the current version of ISO 9001.

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Back in September, we revealed that ISO Accelerator would be sponsoring the Bognor Regis Town FC Girls U16 first team for the 2024/25 season. That was a few months ago now—so how is their season going?

Exceptionally well, since you ask! In fact, the Rocks recently won their first Sussex Girls' Under-16s Challenge Cup with a thumping 4-1 victory over Maidenbower Colts. And ISO Accelerator was the match ball sponsor for the cup final!

ISO Accelerator boss Neil Peattie (far left) poses for a photo with the match officials and team captains.

Bognor attacked relentlessly throughout both halves and clocked up a grand total of 21 shots on target.

Rocks manager Billy Bromley had this to say afterwards:

"We asked the girls to attack the wide areas [...] it's the style of football that we've played for the latter half of this season. We've always played out from the back, and we've taught them what I would call football rather than the up-and-over you see quite a lot in this league.

"I thought [Maidenbower's] goalkeeper was fantastic, player of the match for me on their side. We went in at half-time and I said to the girls at 2-0 it's a very close game, then obviously they got their one all of a sudden and we had a game on our hands, which I thought was brilliant; really good game of football!"

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There is a common misconception in the United Kingdom that certifications to ISO standards (in particular ISO 9001) can only be issued by UKAS-accredited certification companies. This is not correct, and clarification can even be found on the UKAS website explaining this fact.

While UKAS is this country’s national accreditation body, their level of accreditation and oversight may not be the best fit for British companies looking to get certified to an ISO standard. In our experience, using a UKAS-accredited certification body is often more expensive than the independent accredited certification process we offer here at ISO Accelerator.

Our service is a great fit for small and medium-sized businesses looking for independent certification to an ISO standard. If this were not the case, then we wouldn’t have hundreds of satisfied repeat customers - and dozens upon dozens of glowing reviews!

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How is your 2024 going? We've had a very busy year so far, providing hassle-free ISO certification for more businesses than ever before.

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