Your guide to thriving in a volatile regulatory landscape
Regulatory change is constant, cross-border, and increasingly interconnected across areas such as data protection, sanctions, ESG, AI governance, and workplace regulation. For compliance leaders, the challenge is building systems and strategies that remain effective under sustained pressure. Our new guide, Thriving in a volatile regulatory landscape: A playbook for compliance leaders, draws on insights from […]
The Employment Rights Act is now law. Download your free guide
The Employment Rights Act completed its passage through Parliament at the close of 2025, marking one of the most significant and controversial employment law reforms in a generation. Employers now move from watching legislative debate to preparing for phased implementation across 2026 and 2027. Our updated Employment Rights Act guide for Health and Safety Professionals […]
December compliance news round-up
Your 2026 compliance cheatsheets What to expect in corporate governance compliance in 2026. What to expect in 2026 for crypto law and policy. Your compliance learning agenda for 2026. What to expect in cyber security in 2026. What to expect in health and safety in 2026. What to expect […]
Will a private members’ bill redefine workplace bullying in the UK?
For years, workplace bullying has sat in an awkward legal gap. Employees who experience sustained intimidation, humiliation, or abuse often discover that the law only offers remedies if that behaviour can be tied to discrimination, harassment linked to a protected characteristic, or the high bar of constructive dismissal. Many cases fall short of those thresholds, […]
Compliance lessons from the first FCPA Deferred Prosecution Agreement of Trump’s second term
On 12 December 2025, the US Department of Justice announced a Deferred Prosecution Agreement under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act with TIGO Guatemala. This marks the first FCPA Deferred Prosecution Agreement of President Trump’s second term and the first corporate criminal FCPA resolution since enforcement resumed earlier in 2025. The TIGO Guatemala matter is the […]
What AMLA’s new risk methodology means for compliance professionals
For years, EU anti-money laundering supervision has rested almost entirely with national competent authorities. That model is now being fundamentally reshaped. The final report on AMLA’s draft Regulatory Technical Standards marks the point at which EU-level supervision becomes operational. At its core, the RTS answers a single question: which financial institutions pose the greatest […]
AML supervision reform: what law firms told us and how VinciWorks responded
HM Treasury’s consultation on reforming AML and counter-terrorist financing supervision for professional services represents one of the most significant regulatory shifts the legal sector has faced in decades. The proposals would fundamentally change how law firms are supervised for AML and CTF purposes, transferring responsibility from professional body supervisors to the FCA and introducing new […]
Non-financial misconduct: what the FCA’s final guidance really changes and what firms must do next
In December 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority released one of the most consequential policy statements on workplace conduct in years. Policy Statement PS25/23 finalises the FCA’s guidance on non-financial misconduct, closing a consultation that drew intense interest from across financial services. At 83 pages, this is not light reading. Yet behind the detail sits a […]
Cyber security in 2026: the legislative shifts your compliance team should prepare for
UK Cyber Security and Resilience Bill The UK Cyber Security and Resilience Bill was introduced in November 2025 and is still moving through Parliament. It has not yet been enacted, though it is widely expected to become law during 2026. For compliance teams, the key point is timing rather than certainty. While the headline legislation […]