RIBA is pleased to announce that the British Standards Institution (BSI), the UK’s National Standards Body, is offering RIBA Chartered Practices access to the BSI digital standards library through its Knowledge platform. This pilot program, aimed at start-ups and micro businesses in the UK, offers our members a valuable opportunity to access a wealth of essential content.
"The reduced fee for subscription to the BSI’s online directory of over 90,000 British Standards is very welcome and, on behalf of RIBA London’s Incubator Group members, we’d like to thank RIBA for listening to the feedback of its members and working with the BSI to secure this great facility. This makes the British Standards documents affordable and accessible to smaller and start-up practices." - Steve White, Director, McGregor White Architects
BSI Online Library (for small businesses only)
Who can apply
The offer is open to small and micro businesses, by definition on Companies House, with less than 11 employees and a turnover under £632,000 per year.
The offer includes:
- Access to full text viewing of the complete BSI Knowledge online library core content set of BS, BS EN, BS EN ISO/IEC, PAS (excluding BS 7671 Wiring Regs, which are co-published with IET)
- Circa 90,000 full text documents (current, historical, withdrawn, draft)
- Ability to set up alerts to track standards and receive email notifications if a standard changes
- Unlimited searching and viewing (doesn’t include downloading or printing)
- Video of the Knowledge Library functionality: BSI Knowledge for Micro Video
Cost:
£360 per year (plus VAT) for micro businesses with 1 to 5 employees and less than £632,000 turnover per year (for accounting period 30 September 2013 and 5 April 2025) or £1 million turnover per year (for accounting periods after 5th April 2025)
£720 per year (plus VAT) for micro businesses with 6 to 10 employees and less than £632,000 turnover per year (for accounting period 30 September 2013 and 5 April 2025) or £1 million turnover per year (for accounting periods after 5th April 2025)
How to apply
Sign up by completing this expression of interest form: RIBA Expression of Interest Form for BSI Micro Offer, and a representative from BSI will contact you.
Please note, Practices must meet the definitions by Companies House to qualify as a micro-entity, and this will be verified by BSI upon application.
If you are a larger chartered practice and don't qualify as a micro-entity, please refer to BSI’s other subscription services.
BSI Standards – discounted for RIBA Chartered Practices (single updates distributed by RIBA)
More information is coming soon.
Contact Us
For questions about this offer or any of our products or services, please contact the RIBA Business team at +44(0)20 7307 3738 or business@riba.org
