Accreditations

The Visitor Ready scheme enables businesses in the UK hospitality, leisure, and tourism sectors to seamlessly showcase their commitment to operating safely within current industry standards and legislation.   

Businesses can check eligibility at VisitorReady.com, upload evidence, confirm key requirements and finish the application in just 20 minutes. Approved businesses benefit from a secure wallet for key documents, automatic reminders when documents need to be renewed, and a digital badge for their marketing channels.  

Earning the Visitor Ready badge represents a commitment to compliance with core standards, to assure customers that they have the necessary checks in place. It means consumers can now visit with confidence.

If sustainability is at the heart of your business, applying for a Green Tourism accreditation is a great way to demonstrate your commitment to environmental practices. This certification is highly regarded and helps promote your business to eco-conscious visitors. 

Benefits of Green Tourism accreditation: 

• Demonstrates environmental leadership

• Access to a network of sustainable businesses

• Featured on Green Tourism’s promotional platforms

Learn more about green accreditation schemes on our Sustainability & Regenerative Tourism Hub.

Being a real Living Wage accredited employer can bring advantages to you as a business and to your staff. Paying the real Living Wage can enhance your reputation, encourage higher staff retention and productivity, make you more attractive as an employer to potential staff and boost your bids for tenders. 

You may already be paying your staff the real Living Wage, so get recognised and join the growing network of Living Wage businesses across Bristol and the West of England. Visit West is an accredited Living Wage Employer.

Find guidance about signing up for the Disability Confident scheme, and how it can help your business. The scheme aims to get employers to think differently about disability and take action to improve how they recruit, retain and develop disabled people.

Signing up to Disability Confident Committed (Level 1) is straightforward and will only take a few minutes.

Certified B Corporations, or B Corps, are companies verified by B Lab to meet high standards of social and environmental performance, transparency and accountability. 

The B Corp Community is a global movement of businesses that provide leadership by demonstrating their commitment to people and the planet. There are now over 5,000 B Corps in 84 countries and covering 157 industries.

The Institute of Tourist Guiding is the regulatory body for its accredited tourist guides in England and awards three qualifications to tour guides and employees at attractions.  

Blue Badge

For guides who take visitors around a region or metropolitan area on walking tours, at sites of interest, and using different methods of transport

Green Badge

For guides who take visitors to sites of interest and on walking tours in a town, the countryside, or attractions 

White Badge

For guided tours around a single site, e.g., a religious building, museum, zoo, art gallery, wildlife centre, historic house and garden, or a restricted single route tour, e.g., by boat