The 'Approved by' logo

This is our seal of approval for communications where the Crystal Mark process is not practical. These include constantly-changing documents such as magazines, newsletters or long instruction manuals.



When we assess these materials, we carry out checks which are similar to those we do with the Crystal Mark. We are looking for clear layout and design, and language appropriate for the intended audience. There is a charge of £150 + VAT for this assessment, which is refundable on your first year's subscription if your material reaches our standards.

With magazines we ask to see three issues before we can approve them, and we then see each issue as it is published. We discuss any problems with the editorial staff.

The following organisations hold our 'Approved by' logo.

• A2 Housing for four newsletters
• AAT for up to 40 simulations
• Belfast City Council for their City Matters magazine
• Belfast City Council for Intercom magazine
• Bradford City Council for Pride@Work
• British Chamber of Commerce for the book Doing Business in Brazil 
• Broadacres Housing Association for their tenants' newsletter
• Cabinet Office for training materials
• Cabinet Office for a training booklet
• Department for Transport for their a2b magazine
• Driving Standards Agency for a series of guides 
• East Sussex County Council for Your County
• English Nature
• Gateshead Council for their News bulletin
• Hanover Housing Association for their residents' newsletter
• Haymarket magazines for WhatCar? magazine
• Highways Agency for the agency staff newspaper Network
• Highways Agency for the agency current awareness bulletin Update
• Housing Solutions Group for Streets Ahead
• IPC Country & Leisure Media Ltd for Webuser magazine
• London Borough of Hillingdon for Hillingdon People
• Maidstone Housing Trust for their customer newsletter
• Newcastle City Council for their City Life magazine
• Newport City Borough for Newport Matters magazine
• Northern Ireland Council for the Curriculum Examinations and Assessment
• Rooftop Housing Group for their 'Shout it from the Rooftop' newsletter
• Royal Liver for liveNEWS
• Scope for Scopelife
• Scope for Insidescope
• Sedgefield Borough Council for their Streets Ahead newsletter
• Servite Houses for their tenant newsletter Link and their staff newsletter Scoop
• Solihull MBC for Contact magazine
• Solihull MBC for Your Solihull magazine
• StartHere for their signposting information service
• Stevenage Borough Council for Chronicle magazine
• Stockport Council for Adswood and Bridgehall news
• The Crown Estate for Housing News
• The Engaged Investor
• Trace Solutions Limited for TRAMPS (property management software) user manuals
• VNU Publishing for Computeractive magazine
• Which? for Computing Which? magazine
  

If you are interested in applying for the 'Approved by' logo, or you have any questions, please call Tony Maher on 01663 744409.

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