The British Quality Foundation
The British Quality Foundation (BQF), founded in 1993, is an independent, not-for-profit organisation dedicated to advancing business excellence, quality management, and continuous improvement across the UK. It is best known for managing the UK Excellence Award, the country’s most prestigious recognition of organisational excellence, and for being the official UK partner of the EFQM Excellence Model, a globally recognised framework for sustainable performance.
BQF provides a wide range of training, assessment, and certification services, helping organisations adopt proven excellence models to improve efficiency, innovation, and long-term value creation. Its membership community spans from SMEs to multinational corporations such as BT, RWC, and Smiths Group, giving leaders access to valuable networks, events, workshops, and knowledge-sharing platforms. By promoting best practices and encouraging collaboration, BQF plays a key role in helping businesses enhance competitiveness, customer satisfaction, and organisational resilience in a rapidly changing world.
