RESTART YOUR BUSINESS
‘RESTART YOUR
BUSINESS’ WITH NEW
DIGITAL CAPABILITIES
As businesses continue to grapple
with the challenges of safely resuming
operations post-lockdown, 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 industryspecific
questionnaire
and receive a ‘readiness
score’, along with feedback
and recommendations on
how to proceed with the
necessary safety and hygiene
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 everincreasing
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
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).
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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