Market Rules training – VinciWorks releases two new courses
VinciWorks has released two new courses under the subject of Market Rules to help businesses train their staff and comply with complex competition law and market abuse rules. Coming against the backdrop of increasing enforcement action from the Competition and Markets Authority and the Financial Conduct Authority, VinciWorks’ new Market Rules courses will cover UK […]
What does the Massive Marriott Data Breach mean for Data Security?
The Marriott hotel group recently reported a huge data breach, which they claim has been ongoing since 2014. The company identified the breach after an internal security tool alerted them to an unauthorised access attempt. After investigating the breach, they discovered that an unknown agent had copied and encrypted information in one of their databases […]
In conversation with the CMA – businesses still unclear of the dangers of breaching competition law
In a webinar on competition law, I interviewed the Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) David Harper and Kwadjo Adjepong. During the interview, they covered price fixing, market sharing and cartels. You can download the full interview and webinar, together with useful competition law compliance resources, here. Lack of knowledge on competition law In a recent […]
VinciWorks recognised for helping businesses stay on the right side of #MeToo
The Lawyer recently published an article highlighting some of the biggest City law firms’ lack of effort in combatting workplace harassment and bullying. In the article, these large firms are criticised for only doing the minimum, if that, to ensure workplace harassment does not go unnoticed and unidentified. When faced by The Lawyer with the […]
On-demand webinar – Competition Law: Know Your Market
In our recent webinar we covered competition law and what you need to know to be compliant. We were lucky to be joined by Head of Investigations and Intelligence David Harper and Assistant Director of Cartels within the Enforcement Directorate Kwadjo Adjepong from the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). We explored the implications of existing […]
What is The Health and Safety at Work Act?
The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 is arguably one of the most definitive pieces of workplace legislation in the UK. But what does it do? Why is it so important? And who does it apply to? Since the burgeoning days of the industrial revolution, health and safety law had played a vital role […]
Insider trading and inside information policy template
What is considered inside information? All non-public precise information relating to your company, which, if made public, would be likely to have a significant effect on the price of financial instruments relating to your company is considered to be inside information. The existence of inside information must always be reported as soon as possible to […]
Company Fined for Breaching Work at Height Regulations
A ground maintenance business based near Glasgow and a subcontractor have been fined £3,300 for conducting unsafe work at height, highlighting the importance of proper training and control measures. Inex Works Civils Limited and subcontractor Colin Martin pleaded guilty to breaching work at height regulations during the incident in January 2017. Workers were observed carrying […]
Anti-money laundering portal with Omnitrack
In October, it was revealed that banker Howard Wilkinson blew the whistle on Danske Bank in 2013, beginning a five year investigation on the bank. The concerns raised by Wilkinson helped uncover an alarming €200 billion in suspicious payments being made through Danske’s Estonian branch between 2007 and 2015. The scandal, representing money laundering on […]
Asbestos in the News – and the Importance of Risk Assessments
A school in Aberdeen was recently criticised for their poor response to the discovery of asbestos in their building. What could have been done differently? And how could the school have handled the asbestos incident more effectively? Asbestos in the school building During work to move a doorway, an apprentice joiner removed a board using […]