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What building managers should do about the concrete (Raac) crisis

The sense that little in Britain works anymore has slipped into our very buildings, with hundreds, if not thousands of public buildings at risk of collapse over the use of Raac – reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete. Raac has forced the closure of more than a hundred schools alone, with the cheap construction material used between […]

On-demand webinar: Risk Assessments

Risk Assessments Webinar – On-demand As part of our commitment to continual improvement and investment in our eLearning solutions, we’re excited to announce that our latest version of the Astute eLearning platform is now available. This on-demand webinar runs through the key features in the update. The latest release includes our new and improved Risk […]

Updates to UK sanctions regime on Russia for lawyers

Unintended consequences of Russian sanctions order had created a mess for lawyers The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No.3) Regulations 2023, which came into force on 30 June and prevented UK lawyers from advising Russian companies had been criticised for “creating a problem for the UK legal services industry in the UK and beyond”, including […]

Supply chain management and the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD)

Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) is an ESG (environmental, social and governance) standard enacted by the European Union. It is designed to make corporate sustainability reporting more common, consistent and standardised like financial accounting and reporting.  The new directive’s impact is far-ranging and essentially modernises and strengthens the social and environmental information that companies have […]

SRA updates AML Sectoral Risk Assessment

The Solicitors Regulation Authority says it is keeping up to date with emerging risks and trends An updated anti-money laundering (AML) and terrorist financing (TF) sectoral risk assessment was just published by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) that covers proliferation financing and sanctions.  The regulatory body, which oversees solicitors in England and Wales, also noted […]

Omnitrack version 2.90.0

AML onboarding integration with World-Check We are currently working to improve the VinciWorks’ end-to-end AML client onboarding solution (Omnitrack) to simplify the onboarding experience with a new direct integration with World-Check. This powerful combination offers direct access to World-Check’s extensive database without leaving your existing tools. See the full blog Bug fixes

On-demand webinar: Gifts and Hospitality Registers: The Overlooked Compliance Challenge

The appearance of impropriety is one of the hardest compliance challenges to combat. Regarding gifts and hospitality, even modest tokens could cause problems if given at the incorrect time or to the wrong person. Gifts given to public officials could even cause significant regulatory breaches as laws differ worldwide. As the United States Supreme Court […]

All companies operating in the EU need to start tracking foreign subsidies

The EU’s Foreign Subsidies Regulation comes into force 12 October 2023 and applies to all From 12 October 2023, the EU’s Foreign Subsidies Regulation mandates new compliance obligations on all entities operating in the EU who receive foreign financial contributions (FFCs) from non-EU countries.  FSR applies to all companies that are active in the EU […]