The British Standards Institute invites Company Alliances to the House of Lords

Press Release Date: 21 November 2006

The British Standards Institute invites Company Alliances to the House of Lords Company Alliances Ltd, providers of collaborative business relationship services, has seen its Managing Director, Jeff Goddard landing an invite to the House of Lords.

Invited by the very admiral Lord Haskel, Jeff is to visit the House of Lords for the launch of the British Standards Institute’s new ‘Collaborative Business Relationship’s standard’. Recognised for his contributions as a review panel member for the new criterion, Jeff will be attending the launch day to represent the standard and offer his expertise and experience.

Kicked off in November and developed by Partnering Sourcing Ltd, the new standard released as the Publicity Available Standard (PAS) 11000 is the World’s first standard to address the growing needs for business collaboration.

To address the continual increase in virtual companies and growth of outsourcing and off-shoring, Company Alliances Ltd was formed in 2006 specifically to deliver support services inline with the new standard.

“The need for businesses to work closer with suppliers, public sector with private and the necessity for IT to work even closer with companies is ever rising” said Jeff Goddard “The success of this relies heavily on how well they collaborate.”

Jeff continues:

“Organisations that implement the standard will not only identify new opportunities for cost reduction and ways to get into markets but they may also find an accelerated rate of innovation.”

With a mission to become the world’s most valued management consulting and training company in the field of collaborative business relationships, Company Alliances pulls together its team of experienced and successful senior professionals in the collaborative business relationship field to offer a complete range of services to create, enhance and manage collaborative business relationships.

Including the complete implementation of the British Standards Institute PAS 11000 standard, Company Alliances services include: training courses, developing partnering and sales guides, developing collaborative strategies, choosing and hiring partners, managing them as a service and growth initiatives. In addition, Company Alliances has a free directory to allow companies to attract potential partners.