The National Measurement Office (NMO, previously known as NWML) is an executive agency of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS). The Agency was known as the National Weights and Measures Laboratory until April 2009.
The NMO is responsible for the setting of the strategic direction of the measurement infrastructure, aligning policy and legislation, managing the national scientific and legal metrological activities and representing the UK in international activities on measurement. In addition, the NMO acts as a National Enforcement Authority for a range of EU-based environmental legislation and carries out commercial activities which rely on measurement expertise.
