Welcome to BSI Business Growth Toolkit

The BSI Business Growth Toolkit (BGT) programme supports SMEs working with Innovate UK Innovation and Growth Specialists (IGSs) by helping them understand and apply standards to drive business growth. It provides free access to relevant standards, training, case studies, tools, and insights - making it easier to know where to start and how to use standards effectively.

The BGT is part of the wraparound business growth service for SMEs.

Standards are agreed ways of doing things, developed by experts to define what “good” looks like. They provide practical guidance that helps businesses work more efficiently, build customer trust, and open up new opportunities. For innovators, standards can be especially useful in solving everyday challenges - whether improving processes, ensuring product quality, or showing credibility to partners and clients.

Standards help innovators work smarter, grow faster, and win more business. They boost productivity, build client trust, and make it easier to access new markets at home and abroad. By meeting recognized benchmarks, you show clients, investors, and regulators that your business delivers quality and can be trusted.

Our Impact Assessment shows that 75% of SMEs reported productivity gains from standards, 85% saw improvements in output quality and processes, and 60% said standards enhanced their competitiveness.

The BGT offers a range of practical resources to support your innovation, growth, collaboration, and internationalisation. These include live and on-demand training, bite-sized eLearning, case studies, guidance, podcasts, and articles. Click on the “Key resources to help you succeed” section below to explore and use.

With BSOL, you can easily find and access the standards that matter most to your business. Simply log in or register here >

You can also help shape standards by commenting on drafts open for public consultation via our Standards Development Portal (SDP).

Watch our quick video guides to get started with BSOL and SDP >

Not sure if you already have BSOL access? Or need to get set up? Just reach out to your IGS or contact us - we’ll make sure you’re ready to go.

Here are some of the most in-demand standards among businesses like yours:

• BS EN 60534-2-3:2016 Industrial-process control valves - Flow capacity. Test procedures
• BS EN ISO 12572:2016 Hygrothermal performance of building materials and products. Determination of water vapour transmission properties. Cup method
• BS EN 50173-1:2018 Information technology. Generic cabling systems - General requirements
• BS EN ISO 56001:2024 Innovation management system. Requirements
• BS ISO 19426-4:2018 Structures for mine shafts - Conveyances

Explore these standards now by logging in or registering with BSOL >

If you need further help or would like to talk to speak with a member of our team, please contact us at standardsforgrowth@bsigroup.com