What is Legionella and what are the risks?
What is Legionella? Legionella is a pathogenic, waterborne bacterium that causes Legionellosis – the potentially serious Legionnaires’ disease – and the similar, but less serious Pontiac fever and Lochgoilhead fever. Legionella bacteria is commonly found in water, occurring naturally in lakes and rivers but has also been found to thrive and dangerously multiply, in artificial […]
The SRA handbook – what will be changing?
The SRA has just published their decision and response to the ‘looking to the future’ consultation on changes to the SRA handbook. Over 11,000 people engaged in the process, reflecting opinion from a broad range of people and organisations including solicitors, law firms the public and representative bodies. Solicitors can not only expect a shorter, […]
Equality and Diversity Policies: What is Workplace Discrimination
Creating a working environment that embraces all people free from discrimination, is a continual challenge for employers. As responsible employers, you have a duty to provide equality and diversity in the workplace where employees and customers are treated fairly and equally regardless of colour, race, age, gender or belief and valuing the differences and diversity […]
Fourth Directive comes into force – here are the changes
The Fourth Money Laundering Directive came into force on 26 June 2017. The new Money Laundering Regulations 2017 contain some key changes over the previous law that will take some time to implement.
Record fine for nuisance calls imposed by ICO. Are you on the right side of data laws?
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) recently imposed a record £400,000 fine on communications company Keurboom. The fine was the result of a large-scale campaign of automated, unsolicited marketing calls. Keurboom Communications made nearly 100 million automated calls to people who had not given consent. Some of the calls were made at night. And some people […]
Course on preventing facilitation of tax evasion
VinciWorks has released a new e-learning course on tax evasion. The course will teach employees how to spot tax evaders, and the reporting procedures required of them. The training will cover the organisation’s policies and procedures, which include provisions of The Act and any other regulatory rules and principles. This includes: An explanation of when and […]
DSE Risk Assessment – Are you Sitting Comfortably?
How your business can benefit from a streamlined DSE Risk Assessment process. Research by OFCOM, reveals that as a nation we are now spending more time in front of a screen than we do sleeping. In a recent survey, two-thirds of the participants reported that they now work longer hours than they did just two […]
Ransomware epidemic and its impact on organisations around the world
It’s boomtime for ransomware and the cybercriminals making easy profits using this virulent strain of malware. The ransomware epidemic will not come as a surprise to the NHS, who recently had thousands of computers frozen by the WannaCry virus. What can we learn from the spread of ransomware around the world? And what can organisations […]
Workplace stress
Working through lunch every day might impress the boss, but sooner or later it’s going to take its toll, creating an opportunity for unnecessary workplace stress. And it’s not just holidays and lunch-breaks that we’re talking about, either – even short screen breaks are essential for re-charging your batteries and giving you a much-needed chance to rest and recuperate.
What to expect after the election – post-election analysis
What business needs to prepare for in a hung parliament As the clock struck ten on election night, it was all over. Theresa May’s gamble had failed to pay out. The majority was lost. An unexpected swing to Labour across key and unexpected constituencies took place, offset by a strong swing against the SNP. A […]
