Awards and Accreditations

The seven businesses and five hundred or so consultants and professional staff that make up Supporta Professional Services are one of the most accredited and highly qualified groups of individuals, consulting across the public and private sector.

Qualifications and accreditations our staff and businesses currently benefit from are as follows.

Top Catalist Accredited

Supporta Professional Services are one of only 12 organisations UK wide to be accredited by the Geographic Information Services and Solutions (GISS), Catalist Framework agreement with OGC buying solutions, fully compliant with EU Directives.

Supporta Professional Services has secured a place on the GISS (Geographic Information Services and Solutions), Catalist Framework Agreement with OCGbuying.solutions, having been successful during a competitive procurement process, fully compliant with EU directives. The framework agreement allows customers throughout the public sector to place orders with Supporta Professional Services under standard terms and conditions of the agreement.

For more information visit www.ocgbuyingsolutions.gov.uk

Top Accredited Ecohomes Assessors

Supporta Professional Services Architecture business is an accredited Ecohomes assessor.

Ecohomes provides an authoritative rating for new, converted or renovated homes, and covers houses, flats and apartments. The system balances environmental performance of living spaces with the need for a high quality of life and a safe and healthy internal environment. Many of the issues are optional, ensuring Ecohomes is flexible enough to be tailored to a particular development or market.

Top Licensed BREEAM Auditors

Supporta Professional Services Architecture business is licensed to audit the BREEAM code.

BREEAM is the world's most widely used environmental assessment method for buildings. BREEAM assesses buildings against a set criteria and provides an overall score which will fall within a band providing either a; pass, good, very good or excellent rating.

Top SOCITM Accredited

Members of our consultancy team are accredited to undertake sub-contract work for the Society of Information Technology Managers.

Supporta Professional Services has worked closely with SOCITM Consulting since 1997, delivering key transformation projects to local government, including Planning, Land Charges, BS7666-compliant Gazetteers, GIS and spatial analysis.

Services include business justification, project planning, implementation management, data management, business process review and change management. The company provides additional services to the local government community in the form of SOCITM Consulting's GIS/NLPG Product Manager.

Top PRINCE2 Certified

Most of the senior consultants within Supporta Professional Services Consultancy business are PRINCE2 certified.

PRINCE2 is a de facto standard used extensively by the UK Government. It is widely recognised and used in the private sector, both in the UK and internationally.

The PRINCE2 method is in the public domain, offering non-proprietorial best practice guidance on project management.

Top Planning Portal Trusted Advisors

Supporta Professional Services Land and Property business is a Trusted Advisor to the Planning Portal.

The Planning Portal is the UK Government's online planning and building regulations resource for England and Wales

Top Planning Advisory Service (PAS) Approved Preferred Consultants

Selected members of Supporta Professional Services Consultancy business have been accredited by the Planning Advisory Service and are now listed on the PAS Register as Approved Preferred Consultants.

The PAS aims to facilitate self-sustaining change and improvement in the local authority planning sector, helping councils provide faster, fairer, more efficient and better quality services.

Top Managing Successful Programmes (MSP) Certified

Selected Supporta Professional Services consultants are MSP certified programme managers.

The Office of Government Commerce (OGC) has developed a best practice guide on programme management called Managing Successful Programmes (MSP) which is published by The Stationery Office.

The guide comprises a set of principles and processes for use when managing a programme.

The Office of Government Commerce (OGC) is an independent office of HM Treasury, helping the UK Government to achieve better value for money and efficiency in public procurement, and greater success with programmes and projects in the public sector.

Top MRICS Qualified Surveyors

Selected consultants within Supporta Professional Services are Members of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

Top MRTPI Accredited

Selected consultants within Supporta Professional Services are Members of the Royal Town Planning Institute.

Top Health Service Founded MSCS

A number of consultants within Supporta Professional Services hold MSCs in the Health Service.

Top Certified Information Technology Professionals

Selected consultants within Supporta Professional Services hold a Certified Information Technology Professional (CITP) qualification.

A CITP is a Certified Public Accountant recognised for their technology expertise and unique ability to bridge the gap between business and technology. Unlike other certifications that recognise only a narrow scope of skills, the CITP credential recognises technical expertise across a wide range of business-technology practice areas.

Top NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) Experts

A group of professionals within Supporta Professional Services are highly experiences in dealing with the NHS' ESR systems. In the NHS arena, experienced trained resources with detailed knowledge of ESR are very hard to come by.

Supporta Professional Services are able to provide staff at all levels - Payroll Managers, Payroll Officers, HR Assistants, Project Managers (GPMs), Trainers, Data Input Clerks etc.

ESR is the World Class, national, integrated Human Resources (HR) and Payroll system which will be used by all 600+ NHS organisations throughout England and Wales. It is one of the world's largest IT implementations.