{"id":7792,"date":"2020-07-16T16:46:45","date_gmt":"2020-07-16T15:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amtivo.com\/uk\/resources\/ocean-certification-joins-the-british-assessment-bureau\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T16:18:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T16:18:03","slug":"ocean-certification-joins-the-british-assessment-bureau","status":"publish","type":"resources-filter","link":"https:\/\/amtivo.com\/uk\/resources\/news\/ocean-certification-joins-the-british-assessment-bureau\/","title":{"rendered":"Ocean Certification Joins British Assessment Bureau"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ocean Certification (Ocean) has joined the British Assessment Bureau (BAB), providing greater coverage of the UK market and adding product certification to British Assessment Bureau\u2019s existing portfolio. Established in 2001, with a head office in Newcastle, Ocean also has an office in Japan, which will enhance the Amtivo Group\u2019s operations there.<\/p>\r\n<p>Ocean Certification (Ocean) has joined British Assessment Bureau (BAB), providing greater coverage of the UK market and adding product certification to British Assessment Bureau\u2019s existing portfolio. British Assessment Bureau is part of <a href=\"https:\/\/amtivo.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amtivo Group<\/a>, which comprises an international arm, Certification Europe (CE), <a href=\"https:\/\/equas.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Equas Consulting<\/a> and the certification technology business, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myactiv.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Activ<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<p>Established in 2001, with a head office in Newcastle, Ocean also has an office in Japan, which will enhance CE\u2019s operations there. Its client focussed ethos, coupled with a flexible approach to service, complements British Assessment Bureau\u2019s innovative go-to-market and technology-enabled approach to certification services.<\/p>\r\n<p>On an annual basis, Ocean performs over 2,000 assessments and inspections for its clients, which include small and medium enterprises as well as large national organisations. This adds meaningful additional scale to British Assessment Bureau, the Amtivo Group\u2019s UK certification bureau. Ocean is rapidly becoming the market leader for <a href=\"\/uk\/standards\/pas-2030\/certification\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Home Energy Efficiency (PAS2030) certification<\/a> in the UK, which constitutes a big growth opportunity for the combined business.<\/p>\r\n<p>Amtivo CEO, Mike Tims, announced \u201cDuring 2019 we acquired and integrated both the ACS Registrars and Avalon Certification brands within British Assessment Bureau in the UK, establishing the largest and fastest-growing certification body in our market. Ocean brings additional scale and an important extension to the UK business\u2019 scope in the form of PAS2030 product certification. It has the additional benefit of strengthening our operations in Japan.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p>Commenting on the decision to join forces with British Assessment Bureau, Julian Ringer, Ocean\u2019s Founder said \u201cHaving built a successful ISO certification business over the last 19 years, and more recently led the charge in Home Energy Efficiency certification, we are delighted to be joining forces with British Assessment Bureau. We look forward to combining this with British Assessment Bureau\u2019s unique go-to-market approach and technology, which will help us to provide an even better service to our clients\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p>British Assessment Bureau and Ocean businesses will be brought together through the Autumn of 2020.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ocean Certification has partnered with British Assessment Bureau to provide efficient and reliable certification services.","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":7525,"template":"","resource":[186],"resource-tag":[],"class_list":["post-7792","resources-filter","type-resources-filter","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","resource-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ocean Certification joins British Assessment Bureau<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ocean 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