VinciWorks launches Continuing Competence Module
A compliance software system designed specifically for the SRA’s new approach to CPD On 1 November 2016, the legal profession will experience a momentous change to the manner in which solicitors remain competent. After that date, every solicitor in England will be required to demonstrate that they have reflected on their abilities to deliver competent […]
SRA’s new approach to CPD: a poll of best practice
VinciWorks has concluded the largest poll ever conducted on attitudes towards the SRA’s new approach to continuing competency. The poll illuminates many industry trends and provides a better understanding of best practice. We emailed about 5,000 firms and heard from 206 of varying sizes, from sole practitioners to magic circle firms. Here are the results. […]
Facility Managers: Where does Health and Safety responsibility lie?
Health and safety management for residential, commercial and retail properties is an area of critical importance. Issues such as fire safety, asbestos management, water safety and electrical safety, can all result in damaging incidents that can have serious effects on the health and safety of residents and the image and financial success of the property management company.
Book a free continuing competence workshop at Legalex – Stand L270
VinciWorks will be delivering free continuing competence workshops at Legalex (stand L270). These 20-minute workshops will draw on our conversations with leading figures at the SRA and early adopters of the new approach to CPD. Attendees will learn how to identify learning needs, build a learning and development plan and consider methods for recording and […]
The Modern Slavery Act – A Guide to Compliance
Time is ticking on the Modern Slavery Act. Organisations with a financial year ending 31 March 2016 have a looming compliance deadline in September. Under the Act, organisations with over £36m in revenue must publish a slavery and human trafficking statement within six months of their financial year. This statement should detail the steps taken […]
Connecting learning and performance with the Internet of Things and xAPI
Imagine a compliance training scenario: you’re hearing a lot about a new phishing (a type of cyber crime involving fraudulent email) threat recently, so you decide to deliver training to protect your organisation; especially since your network was hacked last year, and you can’t risk suffering another data breach. So, you create or obtain some […]
Cyber security breach could have poisoned water for millions
Cyber criminals were able to hack a water treatment plant and gain access to not only the personal and financial records of up to 2.5 million customers, but the system that controls the levels of chemicals used to treat drinking water. Cyber security firm Verizon Security Solutions reported that the hackers may have changed the […]
Would these social engineering techniques fool your employees?
To celebrate the release of two new cybersecurity Take 5 modules, Understanding Social Engineering and Phishing Awareness, we help you determine your company’s social engineering risk level. Cybercrime is big business. Hacked or leaked datasets go for £1000s on the dark web’s black markets, and that’s just those containing names and email addresses. A recent McAfee […]
Candidates are lying to get jobs – have you hired on false pretences?
How well do you know the people you hire? In today’s competitive job market, it’s perhaps unsurprising that candidates are embellishing their CVs with ‘little white lies’ in order to stand out to recruiters. A recent analysis by The Risk Advisory Group of over 5000 CVs found that 70% contained inaccuracies, ranging from minor exaggerations […]