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The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) and the British Accreditation Bureau (BAB) have joined forces to promote the benefits of independent accreditation.

CIMA Members in Practice are being urged to join a growing number of professionals that recognise the importance of independent accreditation in helping them to succeed and grow their businesses.

CIMA will be promoting BAB’s Certified Practitioner (CP) award to its 1,400 strong body of Members in Practice. The first part of the campaign will be a special mailer to more than 200 holders of CIMA's prestigious Practising Certificate.

A key attraction for qualifying CIMA members will be entry onto BAB’s Consultants Register; the UK’s largest database of accredited professionals. In its position as the UK’s leading Certification Body for people accreditation, BAB has forged links with a number of professional bodies and Government agencies. This collaborative approach has proved a highly successful solution for end users seeking to work with quality assured advisers and consultants, by removing uncertainty from the selection process.

Jonathan Webb of Webb Development has been a Certified Practitioner (CP) for the past 12 years and is the British Accreditation Bureau’s (BAB) CP Gold Award winner for January 2006. Webb commented:

“Becoming accredited by BAB has enabled me to assess my performance to quality benchmarks and through the feedback of the annual BAB project assessment and client review processes, I am provided with a keen insight into my clients’ thinking. This has proved an invaluable source for continuous improvement and endorsement from BAB has helped me to win and retain business.”

CIMA’s Director of Professional Standards, Peter Douglas, said:

“We regard the latest move as a significant benefit to members and look forward to working with BAB to help our members grow their businesses through independent assessment of their competence.”

The Credit Transfer route into the Certified Practitioner award has benefits for members of professional bodies in terms of savings in both time and cost and will be available to CIMA’s MiP from January 2006. David Fenn, BAB Chief Executive said:

“Credit Transfer entry to the Certified Practitioner award recognises the experience and prior learning of Practising Certificate holders. Credit Transfer offers qualifying CIMA members with a fast-track route to independent accreditation with the benefits of recognition and lead generation to look forward to.”

To establish Credit Transfer arrangements with BAB, professional bodies should contact Samantha Hicks on 0870 606 2001 or email samantha.hicks@british-accreditation.co.uk

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For further information, please contact:
Steven Hilton Samantha Hicks
Press Officer, CIMA Press Office, BAB
+44 (0) 20 8849 2427 +44 (0) 870 606 2001
steven.hilton@cimaglobal.com, press@british-accreditation.co.uk

Notes to Editors

1. CIMA (the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants) is the only international accountancy body with a sole focus on business. It is a world leading professional institute that offers an internationally recognised qualification in management accountancy, focusing on accounting in business, in both the private and public sectors. It is the fastest growing UK based accountancy body, in terms of members, in both the UK and worldwide and is the voice of over 85,000 students and 65,000 members in 158 countries. CIMA is responsible for the education and training of management accountants who work in industry, commerce and not-for-profit and has more members in the public sector than any other UK based body. CIMA prides itself on the commercial relevance of its syllabus, which is in tune with the activities of high performance organisations, and evolves continually to reflect the latest developments in global business. It is committed to upholding the highest ethical and professional standards of members and students, and to maintaining public confidence in management accountancy. For more information about CIMA, please visit www.cimaglobal.com

2. BAB (the British Accreditation Bureau) is the leading certification body for accrediting people, services and organisations. BAB is recognised by the Board of Trade as a pre-eminent body and its Certified Practitioner award is aligned to the international quality standard for personnel BS EN ISO: IEC17024:2003. BAB has established Credit Transfer arrangements with a number of the UK’s leading professional institutes. Credit Transfer recognises experience and prior learning, which is then translated directly into the corresponding CP specialism. Achieving the BAB Certified Practitioner award allows holders to be listed on BAB’s national Consultants Register of accredited professionals, providing widespread recognition and lead generation. For more information about BAB, please visit www.british-accreditation.co.uk

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