business practitioners type professional membership examination board limited by guarantee industry higher education founded 1956 headquarters cheshire england website www.mamsasbp.org.uk the society of business practitioners sbp uk founded in 1956 1 is a senior examining uk institution providing vocational qualifications in business computer studies management and marketing . 2 the society s diploma awards attract recognized credits and exemptions from other institutes and educational establishments from the uk the us and australia . the society also has a collaborative credit recognition arrangement with the new zealand college of business . 3 4 all courses are set moderated and examined at the undergraduate level . the society s courses are listed in the uk learning and skills council s now skills funding agency learning aim database . 5 the society s highest awards leading to a postgraduate diploma in business administration or the graduate diploma in business and management are essentially a british professional qualification . however in academic terms it may be comparable to a bachelor s degree standard . 6 they lead to a professional designation title of certified professional manager cpm . 7 8 in line with the constant review and update of syllabus content of courses specialist courses had been developed . these include individualized training programs via the continuing professional development cpd units specially tailored for the corporate industries . a three stage information technology course was introduced in 2005 . an advanced diploma in accounting program ada examined at the accounting technician level was launched in 2007 . 9 the society professional membership structure has been revised to introduce an examinable work based senior awards assessment program leading to qualifications pegged at the british nqf national qualifications framework levels 4 through 7 . 10 the society is a member of the national institute of adult continuing education niace . 11 see also edit professional qualifications in the united kingdom list of british professional bodies professional certification business references edit society of business practitioners website british qualifications 2013 careers govt nz www.careers.govt.nz retrieved 22 march 2014 new zealand qualifications authority www.nzqa.govt.nz retrieved 22 march 2014 learning skills council lad aims database the times your professional qualification 2002 kogan page limited isbn 978 0 7494 3847 0 page 134 joinuniversity.com ajax payscale.com search cpm retrieved 15 july 2011 ada learning skills council lad aims database professional membership senior professional qualifications niace members website external links edit uk website asia pacific region british qualifications directory retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title society of business practitioners & oldid 699744286 categories professional associations based in the united kingdomnon profit organisations based in the united kingdom navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 january 2016 at 05 19 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view