The British Complementary Medicine Association is pleased to announce that

ITEC Professionals has joined its expanding membership. Welcoming ITEC into the Association Chairman Sarah Noble said "This partnership will be mutually beneficial to both ITEC Professionals and the BCMA and will provide added advantages to all our members. We are delighted to have ITEC working with us."

The International Therapy Examination Council (ITEC) was the first examination body to make Complementary Therapy an accepted occupation in the marketplace. Founded in 1947 by Dr Arnould Taylor, it has grown to become the largest awarding body for vocational qualifications in Complementary Therapy, Beauty Therapy and Sports Therapy.

The new ITEC management team was set up in 1998 and now has headquarters in West London. Director Jane Foulston says, "The link up with BCMA is of tremendous benefit to the ITEC Graduates and BCMA Members as we are all committed towards maintaining standards in training and the Complementary Therapy profession. ITEC now has over 30 qualifications and some 500 colleges worldwide and is also an official awarding body approved by the Department of Education and Employment."

Recently ITEC decided to form ITEC Professionals, a new organisation exclusively for those who hold an ITEC therapy Qualification, providing long term support for ITEC graduates during their careers.

The BCMA is the major multi-therapy body for Complementary Medicine in the UK. Its basic aim is to deliver safe and efficacious Complementary Medicine to the public.

For further editorial information please contact:

John Fuller PR, BCMA, Telephone: 01323 896192 Fax: 01323 492908

Jane Foulston, ITEC, Telephone: 020 8994 4141 Fax: 020 8994 7880