BUSINESS
‘RESTART YOUR
BUSINESS’ WITH
NEW DIGITAL
CAPABILITIES
As businesses continue
to grapple with the
challenges of safely
resuming operations postlockdown,
Bureau Veritas
has upgraded its popular
‘Restart Your Business’
service with a new digital
platform and app to
make it easier for firms to
become ‘COVID-secure’.
» LAUNCHED IN APRIL, THE
‘Restart Your Business with Bureau Veritas’
service provides a voluntary, independent
assessment of a firm’s ‘COVID-secure’
readiness to re-open their business premises.
Companies that meet Bureau Veritas’ robust
health, safety and hygiene standards are
issued with a statement of assurance, which
can be displayed on a firm’s website and at its
properties.
In a further move to help businesses get
back up and running following months of
lockdown restrictions, Bureau Veritas has
upgraded this scheme innovative digital
capabilities including a new digital platform
and app.
The digital platform offers two distinct
advantages in managing coronavirus
compliance; traceability and transparency
– providing a user-friendly dashboard
where businesses can track progress of every
‘COVID-secure’ measure implemented
globally and at specific sites or regional
locations.
Meanwhile, the I-check app from Bureau
Veritas, which is already in operation
successfully across Europe, is now available to
UK businesses. The free app enables users to
complete an industry-specific questionnaire
and receive a ‘readiness score’, along with
feedback and recommendations on how to
proceed with the necessary safety and hygiene
ABOUT BUREAU VERITAS
Created in 1828, Bureau Veritas is a global leader in Testing, Inspection and Certification
(TIC), delivering high-quality services to help clients meet the growing challenges of quality,
safety, environmental protection, and social responsibility. As a trusted partner, Bureau
Veritas offers innovative solutions that go beyond simple compliance with regulations and
standards, reducing risk, improving performance and promoting sustainable development.
Bureau Veritas is recognised and accredited by major national and international
organisations and works across a wide range of industries worldwide. The UK business
is headquartered in Birmingham, has 1,000 employees and is based in office locations
stretching the length and breadth of the UK. The company has 78,000 employees
worldwide, with more than 1,500 offices and laboratories, in 140 countries. Bureau Veritas
is listed on the Euronext Paris Stock Exchange (stock symbol: BVI).
‘easier for firms to
become ‘COVID-secure’’
requirements. It also gives the option to
contact Bureau Veritas, a global leader in
testing, inspection and certification services.
Ken Smith, UK Chief Executive at
Bureau Veritas UK, said: “Safely restarting
or maintaining operations amid the ongoing
coronavirus pandemic presents ever-increasing
challenges for businesses. Following the
phenomenal success of our ‘Restart Your
Business with Bureau Veritas’ service, we’ve
introduced new digital capabilities including
a new platform and our innovative I-check
app. These are designed to streamline the
whole process. What’s more, given the
current climate where time is of the essence,
the platform’s traceability and transparency
features make it much easier for firms to
become ‘COVID-secure’ and get back to
business as soon as possible.”
Another key benefit of the ‘Restart Your
Business’ digital platform, says Bureau Veritas,
is that its open data capabilities mean all the
information on the interface can be shared by
firms on their own websites and applications,
as well as accessed by third parties.
Ken adds: “We’ve really listened to British
companies and ensured that vital information
on compliance can be easily compiled,
stored and securely shared between different
platforms. This is an essential part of the
coronavirus risk management process that
is likely to determine a firm’s commercial
success in the coming years. We’d urge all our
new and existing client to make use of these
upgrades.”
‘Restart Your Business with Bureau Veritas’
covers best practice measures required by firms
to meet the local and international standards
on managing coronavirus risks in the
workplace. These include hygiene, disinfection
and cleaning assessment, social distancing
best practice, personal protection equipment
requirements as well as employee specific risk
assessment.
To download I-check from Bureau Veritas,
all you need to do is search I-check Bureau
Veritas into your app store on your Apple or
Android device
To find out more about Bureau Veritas’
Restart Your Business Solution, call 0345
600 1828 or visit: www.bureauveritas.co.uk
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