I've just started a distance learning book-keeping course (have to stop every time I tell anyone because there's something in me that instinctively wants to say 'book-making', and that is quite, quite different.)
So anyway, you can choose whose exam you want to take at the end of the course:
International Association of Book-keepers
London Chamber of Commerce & Industry
Pitmans
Institute of Certified Book-keepers
Which is best / most respected / most useful for jobs (I work in public sector / charitable sector)
Any advice gratefully received.